France warns SocGen predators
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France warned foreign banks on Tuesday not to try to grab control of Societe Generale as it reels from losses blamed on a rogue trader, but shares in the bank spiked higher on takeover speculation.
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NEW YORK/LONDON  - France's Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Thursday that the U.S. home loan crisis was a threat to world growth, while a Bank of Japan policy-maker said the recent market turmoil has been overdone.
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Societe Generale , the French bank hit by a trading scandal, faced further pressure on Monday with a government report set to criticize its risk control and as an unrelated money-laundering trial starts.
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The French government is calling for tighter risk-control measures and a broad review of bank rules in response to losses from the trading scandal at SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale.
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The rogue futures trader who allegedly cost French bank Societe Generale $7.14 billion had been betting on an even larger scale Â with tens of billions in fraudulent deals, the bank said Friday.
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Societe Generale laid out its defense ahead of a high-profile money laundering trial due to begin in Paris on Monday, which could put further pressure on the French bank as it grapples with the effects of a trading scandal.
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France's foreign minister warned Monday against a "permanent repentance" for colonialism and said his country should invest more in oil-rich former colony Algeria.
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Nicolas Sarkozy's tough-guy image is damaged by rising crime in the Banlieue
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Pressure mounted on Societe Generale on Monday as a prosecutor said rogue trader Jerome Kerviel was questioned about his trades in November, and as investors sued the French bank for insider trading.
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Employee shareholders at Societe Generale said Wednesday they had started legal action following a multi-billion-euro rogue trader scandal at the French bank.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned Monday that it would be "catastrophic" to resort to military force in confronting Iran over its suspect nuclear program.
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France's economy minister said Societe Generale, reeling from losses blamed on a rogue trader, is in crisis and may need to ditch its chairman.
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French government officials are planning to raise their concerns over China&#39;s exchange-rate policy at a meeting of eurozone finance ministers, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
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French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said Societe Generale followed market rules when it unwound unauthorized transactions by a rogue trader in a move that cost the bank billions, but urged tighter controls on banks in France.
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The French government's note of alarm isn't  directed solely towards Tehran but Russia and China too
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The board of Societe Generale was expected to decide on Wednesday whether to ditch its chairman in the wake of rogue trading losses, with the future of France's second-biggest listed bank at stake as the government warned off predators.
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Societe Generale came under mounting pressure on Friday to give a full account of how a rogue trader managed to dupe his supervisors and run up a $7 billion loss.