Andrea Orcel: The banker in Europe who wants to do it all
UniCredit’s takeover bid for Commerzbank encapsulates the major dilemmas of the European project: from the quest for megabanks to the persistence of soverignty concerns
Credit Suisse shares soar after central bank aid announced
Credit Suisse said Thursday that it would exercise an option to borrow up to 50 billion francs ($53.7 billion) from the Swiss National Bank
Bank stocks drop in Europe as US bank failure stirs jitters
The STOXX Banks index of 21 major European lenders was off 3.8% on Monday, with some members seeing intraday drops in double digits before recovering
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