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Credit Suisse may replace top lawyer

  Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group is considering replacing its top lawyer Romeo Cerutti, as the troubled lender struggles to resolve legacy legal issues and focus on looming court battles, people familiar with the matter said. The Zurich-based lender is considering hiring former UBS Group AG general counsel Markus Diethelm, the people said. Diethelm is fresh from exiting as chief legal ...

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Zimbabwe fines 12 banks

  Bloomberg Zimbabwe penalised 12 banks for “financial indiscipline” that fueled inflation and undermined the currency, the Herald newspaper cited President Emmerson Mnangagwa as saying. The unidentified institutions have received unspecified “hefty penalties,” Mnangagwa told supporters of the ruling party after opening a gold-processing facility, according to the Harare-based paper. The central bank probed a total of 16 lenders suspected ...

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TikTok turns on the money machine

  Bloomberg Alyssa McKay used to work part-time at a frozen yogurt store in Portland, Oregon, making minimum wage to cover her college tuition. Now the 22-year-old earns more than $100,000 a year on the short-video platform TikTok. Brands like Coach, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video pay up to reach her 9 million followers, mostly teenage and pre-teen girls who ...

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