The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Dr. Shaya Zindani met today, Friday, in Baghdad, with the Special Envoy of the Russian President for the Middle East and Africa, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov.
The gross domestic product (GDP) in the Eurozone and the European Union (EU) registered a growth of 0.3 percent during the first quarter of the current year compared to the previous quarter.
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Swiss bank UBS announced Monday that it has formally completed its takeover of rival Credit Suisse in a $3.2 billion deal in March.
Newly enlarged UBS will have a balance sheet of $1.6 trillion and 120,000 staffs worldwide, yet UBS has already said it would cut jobs to take advantage of the synergies and cut costs
Swiss regulators played a key role in the takeover amid concerns that massive losses at Credit Suisse would destabilize the banking system.
The organizers said they would cover losses of up to 9 billion Swiss francs ($10 billion) after UBS incurred the first 5 billion Swiss francs as part of the deal.