December 19, 2012 Comments Off on UBS to pay $1.5 billion over interest rate rigging
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department says an international investment bank will pay more than $1.5 billion in penalties in three nations to resolve charges of trying to manipulate an interest rate used as a benchmark in global banking transactions. Attorney ...
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Read More »November 18, 2011 Comments Off on Ex-UBS banker gets 5 years’ probation in tax case
MIAMI — A former banker at Switzerland’s UBS AG has been sentenced to five years’ probation and no jail time for tax fraud because of his assistance in uncovering other tax evasion cases. A federal judge in Miami agreed Friday ...
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Read More »November 8, 2011 Comments Off on Wells Fargo agrees to pay $37M in bid-rigging case
DES MOINES, Iowa — Wells Fargo & Co. said Tuesday it has agreed to pay at least $37 million in a lawsuit which alleges several banks rigged bidding competitions to win business from state and local governments. Banks help municipalities ...
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Read More »October 18, 2011 Comments Off on Goldman Sachs loses $428 million in third quarter
NEW YORK — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. reported a third-quarter loss of $428 million Tuesday as revenue from underwriting stocks and bonds plunged. It was only the second quarterly loss for the investment bank since it went public 12 years ...
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Read More »August 1, 2011 Comments Off on HSBC to cut 30,000 jobs in global overhaul
LONDON — British banking group HSBC said Monday it will cut 30,000 jobs worldwide by 2013 and sell almost half its retail bank branches in the U.S., part of a new strategy to focus on fast-growing emerging markets. The bank, ...
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Read More »May 4, 2011 Comments Off on UBS agrees to pay $160M in municipal bond settlement
WASHINGTON — Big Swiss bank UBS AG has agreed to pay $160 million to resolve allegations of rigging the bidding process to win investment business from cities and towns in 36 states. Federal and state officials announced the settlements Wednesday. ...
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Read More »January 17, 2011 Comments Off on UBS is paring down its 44-page dress code
GENEVA — Good news for Swiss bankers: They may soon be allowed to wear red underwear, black nail polish — and even eat garlic. Swiss banking giant UBS AG said Monday it is revising its 44-page dress code telling its ...
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