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18 Sep 2011 10:51

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Biz: UBS: Losses from rogue trader much higher than originally reported

  • $2.3 billion estimated trading loss, up by $300 million source
  • » And the CEO won’t resign: Despite the black mark on his company’s record, Oswald Gruebel says he won’t resign due to the actions of rogue trader Kweku Adoboli. “I’m responsible for everything that happens at the bank,” Gruebel said. “if you ask me whether I feel guilty, then I would say no.” So how did Adoboli manage to hide his unauthorized trades? Well, before he became a trader, he worked in the back office, giving him knowledge of both sides of the coin. Authorities charged Adoboli in a London court on Friday.
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15 Sep 2011 20:35

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Biz: Rogue UBS investor showed signs of nervousness prior to arrest

  • last week UBS trader Kweku Adoboli had a weird plea on his Facebook page: “Need a miracle.” The plea came on the same day as Switzerland’s central bank put a limit on how quickly the Swiss franc can grow against the Euro. Wonder if they’re connected … yeah, we’re gonna assume probably.
  • this week After the bank realized it lost $2 billion on a series of unauthorized trades, Adoboli was arrested today. As one analyst, Fred Ponzo of Greyspark partners, put it: “The only way to dig a hole this big is by design.” In other words, UBS looks like it’s got some serious risk assessment problems. source
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15 Sep 2011 09:28

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Biz: UBS loses a ton of money thanks to one sketchy employee

  • one dude the number of people involved in rogue trading at UBS; Kweku Adoboli was arrested in London, and “suspicion of fraud by abuse of position” is to blame
  • $2 billion the amount of money said unauthorized trading will cost UBS; that’s, like, a major loss for the company, one that could wipe out the company’s quarterly profits source
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06 Jun 2011 08:30

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World: After huge losses, Tepco’s future leads its stock to nosedive

  • No one knows what will happen to Tepco in the future. We don’t even know whether the company will remain a private company or will the government take it over.
  • Fujimaki Japan’s Takeshi Fujimaki • Explaining why Tepco’s stock went down significantly today — at one point as far as 28 percent — after a financial report that suggested the company was in very bad shape. Simply put, many investors don’t think Tepco is long for this world as a private company and will need significant help from Japan to survive. The company could face $7 billion in losses for the current fiscal year — already on top of $15 billion lost in the prior fiscal year, which ended in March. That’s before any compensation costs are taken into account, by the way. Investors are betting on bankruptcy and/or public-sector takeover. source
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19 May 2011 23:47

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Biz, World: TEPCO’s fiscal year could be one of Japan’s worst ever

  • ¥1.5 trillion yearly loss possible thanks to Fukushima source
  • » That’s $18 billion dollars, guys: While many parts of Japan struggle to recover from March’s earthquake, TEPCO’s financial loss — part of the reason the company’s president, Masataka Shimizum, likely plans to step down —would be downright dramatic. When it announces earnings today, the loss could be absolutely insane. But it wouldn’t be a record. That dubious honor goes to Mizuho Financial Group, which lost ¥2.38 trillion ($20.3 billion) in a single fiscal year back in 2003. Meanwhile, TEPCO struggles with power outages, a nuclear meltdown, and huge radiation-related claims that could top ¥11 trillion ($134 billion). These factors combined — which won’t be one-time payments — may force Japan to take the power company over.
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