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Credit Suisse shares slump 64% after UBS deal

A view of Credit Suisse signage at an office in Singapore on Monday (Reuters photo)

LONDON/ZURICH: Shares in Credit Suisse dropped 64% after the market opened on Monday after rival UBS agreed at the weekend to take over the 167-year old bank for $3 billion.

UBS Group AG agreed to buy Credit Suisse Group AG in a historic, government-brokered deal aimed at containing a crisis of confidence that had started to spread across global financial markets. 

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