BS CEO Gruebel resigns over rogue trading loss
By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press | AP – 9 hrs ago
GENEVA (AP) — UBS chief executive Oswald Gruebel has resigned over a $2.3 billion loss caused by rogue trading at its investment division, which is to be restructured now to prevent similar incidents in future, the Swiss bank said Saturday.
"As CEO, I bear full responsibility for what occurs at UBS," he said in a memo to staff. "From my first day on the job I placed the reputation of the bank above all else. That is why I want to and must act according to my convictions."
Saturday, September 24, 2011
NONETHELESS, HE RESIGNED
UBS MOTU Oswald Gruebel "insisted he would not resign." The Board of Directors had something else in mind:
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