| MSN Encarta - Search View - Switzerland (11229 words) |
 | Switzerland is a major international financial center, and private banking is one of the country’s principal employers and sources of income. |
| Although Switzerland is landlocked, the Swiss merchant marine, created by decree of the federal government in 1941, consists of 23 large oceangoing vessels and numerous river barges, which operate from foreign ports and from the port of Basel on the Rhine River. |
| Switzerland’s first guild of watchmakers was established in Geneva in the early 17th century, and the industry soon extended along the Jura mountain chain stretching from Geneva to Schaffhausen. |
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