Electoral College, not popular vote, picks US president

Although the United States likes to think of itself as the world’s pre-eminent democracy, where each person can have their say about who should be president, the Constitution calls for states to choose “electors” who do the actual electing. It’s known …

Profit drops in third quarter for telecom firm Swisscom

Profit fell for Swiss telecommunications company Swisscom in the third quarter of the year compared to the same period of the previous year. Swisscom reported on Thursday that its third-quarter net income, attributable to equity holders of the company,…