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UBS buys Credit Suisse for CHF 3 billion in shares

Written by Subject: Central Banks/Banking

NOW - Swiss government confirms Credit Suisse takeover by UBS and says, "the bankruptcy of a global systematically important bank would have caused irreparable economic turmoil."

- UBS buys Credit Suisse for CHF 3 billion in shares
- Government provides CHF 9 billion guarantee for possible losses
- Swiss central bank provides CHF 100 billion liquidity guarantee
- Federal Council operates with emergency law


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