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Checks by SocGen missed $73 billion wrong-way bet (Reuters)

Date : 27 Jan 2008 Category : Business

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Reuters - French bank Societe Generale has admitted that a gap in control systems allowed a junior trader to take a $73 billion losing bet on European share prices, but defended its handling of the world's biggest trading scandal.

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