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Swiss prosecutor opens probe into Credit Suisse takeover
Switzerland’s Federal Prosecutor has opened an investigation into the state-backed takeover of Credit Suisse by its larger rival UBS. The…
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Pro-Russian party shakes up Bulgarian politics
A pro-Russian party campaigning against Bulgaria joining the euro is seeking to shake up the country’s politics in parliamentary elections,…
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Donald Trump indictment sets up battle of heavyweight lawyers
Donald Trump’s battle with New York prosecutors has been playing out over American airwaves for months, with the former US…
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Trend-following hedge funds suffer sharp downturn in bank chaos
Trend-following hedge funds have suffered one of their worst monthly losses since the dotcom bust in the bond market turmoil…
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Four ways to make it easier to wind up failing banks
“A globally active, systemically important bank cannot simply be wound up according to the ‘too big to fail’ plan,” Switzerland’s…
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China’s top lenders tout limited exposure to western banking crisis
China’s biggest banks say they have escaped unscathed from the financial crisis in the US and Europe, following the collapse…
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Russian sanctions heighten threat of oil spill disaster, shipping insurer warns
The chief executive of one of the world’s biggest shipping insurers has warned of the growing risk of a disastrous…
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World’s biggest private security group puts multibillion-dollar IPO on hold
The chief executive of Allied Universal has put the company’s multibillion-dollar public listing on hold as the world’s largest private…
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‘Athletes are alone in this chaos’: the sharp divide over Russia and the Olympics
Russia’s fencers might be headed for Paris. Its shot putters might not. But the Olympic community has definitely hit a…
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‘No 3am moments’: MHRA chief June Raine on race for Covid vaccine
When Dame June Raine, chief executive of the UK medicines agency, found herself at the centre of Britain’s Covid-19 response…
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