Credit Suisse posts first-quarter net loss of $2 billion

Courtesy Topix - Business News  Thu, 04/24/2008 - 05:48

"Other than the areas affected directly by the credit crisis, most of our businesses performed well, with revenues near, or in some cases above, those in the first quarter of 2007"

Credit Suisse Group on Thursday posted a $2.1 billion net loss for the first quarter as the global effects of the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis continued to spread.

Switzerland's second-largest bank said it also had net writedowns of $5.3 billion for big buyout loans and mortgage securities....


 

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