SocGen's Bouton says bank to overcome "shock": paper
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Societe Generale  Chairman  Daniel Bouton told a newspaper the French bank would overcome  its "shock" at having discovered an alleged $7 billion euro  (10.3 billion pound) internal fraud.
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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 economy minister said Societe Generale, reeling from losses blamed on a rogue trader, is a bank in crisis and may need to ditch its chairman.
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The head of French bank Societe Generale   said in a newspaper interview published on Wednesday  that he saw "limited impact" on the profitability of France's  banks from the current subprime mortgage crisis.
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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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A senior prosecutor recommended that Daniel Bouton be questioned by judges in connection with accusations he has made about a rogue traderâs role in SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©raleâs loss of billions of euros.
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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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The board of French bank Soci&#201;t&#201; G&#201;n&#201;rale met Wednesday with its top executive under intense pressure over the loss of $7.09 billion blamed on a single trader
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French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Monday that Societe Generale, hit by $7 billion in losses from rogue trades, was under no pressure to merge with another bank as its shares plunged.
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The French bank hit by eleven-figure losses thanks to a rogue employee probably wasn't harmed by poor IT systems, but by poor management of those systems, according to analysts.
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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 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.
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The planned merger between pan-European stock market Euronext and the New York Stock Exchange would allow France to boost its role in the financial world, NYSE chief executive John Thain said in the French press.
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The head of French bank Societe Generale  said in a newspaper interview published on Wednesday that he saw "limited impact" on the profitability of France's banks from the current subprime mortgage crisis.
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BNP Paribas , France's biggest listed bank, said on Wednesday it expected fourth quarter profits to be lower than last year as rumors swirled that it may pounce on weakened rival Societe Generale .
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The French government piled pressure Tuesday on Societe Generale chairman Daniel Bouton over the handling of unauthorised deals by a junior trader which ended in 7.1 billion dollars of losses.
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Five French banks have agreed to set up  a "super-conduit" fund holding $1.47 billion of asset-backed  securities early in 2008 to ensure a liquid market for any  French mutual funds destabilized by the global credit crisis,  the Financial Times reported on Thursday.