Word: dit
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...Visibility is very poor, so it's impossible to see how badly the flagging real economy will be undermined by this," comments HervéGoulletquer, head of fixed income markets for French Investment Bank Calyon Crédit Agricole. "Growth in emerging markets next year had been expected to mitigate zero-growth anticipated in Europe and the U.S. After all that's happened, no one can say: this could be a mild slowing, or it could be severe...
...state," which, while undoubtedly true, is also a typically British form of insult. But Bruni is not a joke singer, or a novelty act crossing over from one genre to another. (And yes, I'm looking at you, Scarlett Johansson.) Bruni's 2003 debut, Quelq'un M'a Dit, sold over two million copies and thrilled critics...
...risks still lurking undetected; in the aftermath of the subprime crisis it turns out that many banks underestimated the risks posed by the often-arcane financial instruments they were trading. European banks themselves say that most of the bad news is already out, and some - including Barclays, Crédit Agricole and the big Swiss banks - have raised billions of dollars in fresh capital to strengthen their balance sheets. That may not be enough: a recent report by Goldman Sachs estimated that European banks will have to raise a further $95-$140 billion in fresh capital. And in the event...
...Société Générale, according to Mistral, increases the likelihood of a more complex acquisition scheme: the break up of Société Générale's retail network, which BNP covets, from investment banking activities, which interest Crédit Agricole. By tipping its hand, Mistral notes, BNP may be signaling to rivals now mobilizing in the wake of the debacle that it's about to launch a bid it had contemplated even before the Kerviel affair. Meanwhile, comments by French officials indicating the government would step in and prevent foreign...
...offer - or hostile raid - further increased on Wednesday, when it announced 2007 profits of over $11 billion. But BNP is hardly the only player contemplating exploiting Société Générale's troubles to acquire it at a bargain price. French bank Crédit Agricole is also reportedly studying a take-over bid, as are Italian rivals UniCredit, Anglo-Chinese HSBC, along with a few others...