SocGen chairman's fate in balance as board meets
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The board of Societe Generale met on Wednesday to decide the fate of its chairman after rogue trading losses as fellow French bank BNP Paribas ducked questions on whether it would bid for its wounded rival.
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French bank Societe Generale described Sunday how one of its traders allegedly carried out a $7.2 billion (&#8364;4.9 billion) fraud, how the loss came to light and what it is doing to ensure such a case does not recur.
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Societe Generale is in crisis, France's economy minister said on Tuesday of the bank hit by losses piled up by a rogue trader, questions over its leadership, takeover speculation and a falling stock price.
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The junior trader blamed for causing a $7  billion loss at French bank Societe Generale faced a second day  of questioning by finance police on Sunday.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be in the hotseat next week in Brussels where his plans to slow French momentum toward a balanced budget have unsettled some European partners.
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An internal investigation by Societe Generale  into a massive trading loss blamed on a single trader has found controls at the French bank lacked depth, a report published by the bank showed on Wednesday.
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The man at the center of a trading  scandal at Societe Generale said that his activities could not  have gone undetected by the French bank.
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Speculation is rife in the French press about the future shape of the management at aerospace giant EADS, ahead of a possible decision at a July 16 Franco-German summit to simplify its structure.
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Shares in French bank BNP rose in a falling market on Friday after a newspaper report that smaller local rival Societe Generale was mulling a tie-up that would create a combined bank ranking number three in Europe.
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Paris Saint Germain president Francis Graille is among the board members to publicly give a vote of confidence to coach Vahid Halilhodzic - while, at the same time, subtly demanding some victories.
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The French government piled pressure on Societe Generale's chairman Tuesday over multi-billion dollar losses at the bank for which rogue trader Jerome Kerviel was charged.
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Societe Generale , the French bank reeling from a trading scandal, launched a rights issue at a steep discount on Monday to bolster its balance sheet after losses due to the U.S. subprime crisis.
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French bank Societe Generale has admitted  that a gap in control systems allowed a junior trader to take a  $73 billion losing bet on European share prices, but defended  its handling of the world's biggest trading scandal.
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French police were set Sunday to continue questioning accused rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, who investigators said wants to explain his role in the seven billion dollar loss at Societe Generale.
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PARIS, Feb. 8 -- A French futures trader was jailed Friday while investigations continued into the billions of dollars in losses he is accused of causing at Societe Generale bank.
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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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The junior trader blamed for causing a $7 billion loss at French bank Societe Generale faced a second day of questioning on Sunday by finance police, who said he was cooperating with their inquiry.