Credit Suisse, UBS shares sink after last minute takeover
24 March 2023 |
11:45 am
Global stock markets plunged as they opened to the news of the shotgun buyout of Credit Suisse by rival UBS. Swiss authorities had hoped the takeover will calm investors.
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