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Credit Suisse’s path to profits gets steeper after grim quarter

Bloomberg Credit Suisse group AG posted a bigger-than-expected loss for the fourth quarter and unprecedented client outflows, exacerbating the difficulty for Chief Executive Officer Ulrich Koerner in returning to profitability by next year. Shares in the Swiss bank slid 10% on Thursday after it posted a fifth-straight quarterly loss, of 1.39 billion Swiss francs ($1.5 billion). While outflows were concentrated ...

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Riksbank increases rate, seeks to shore up krona

  Bloomberg The Riksbank raised borrowing costs by half a percentage point, pledged to start bond sales and declared it wants a stronger krona, as its new governor set out his inflation fighting credentials. The krona jumped after the decision on Thursday to lift the Swedish central bank’s interest rate to 3% and accelerate the unwind of quantitative easing, in ...

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Visa opens new Atlanta office with plan to hire 700 workers

  Bloomberg Visa Inc. is opening a new office in Atlanta as the payments giant proceeds with plans to triple its workforce in the city even as rivals cut back on their staffing. The company has almost doubled its presence in Atlanta in recent years, increasing employees in the Southeastern city to about 350. With the new office, Visa plans ...

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