Swiss M&A. We love Switzerland for a lot of reasons. Toblerone and Lindt; the fact that you can buy absinthe in the Zurich airport duty free; the way Johan Museeuw won the '96 World's in Lugano in a rapturous haze induced by his 85% hematocrit ; and, of course, BMC bicycles and Assos clothing. Given how tiny-yet-nonetheless-industrious Switzerland is, perhaps it shouldn't have come as such as surprise when the rumor spread this week that the folks behind BMC Bicycles acquired Assos.