Tuesday, May 1, 2012

HUGE MISS: UBS Q1 Profits Dive 55%



According to the AP Swiss bank UBS AG has reported a 55 percent drop in first-quarter net profit for 2012 due to writedowns and difficult market conditions.

Switzerland's biggest bank said Wednesday its first-quarter net profit was 827 million francs ($910 million), down from 1.81 billion francs in the same period last year.  The results did not meet analysts' average estimate for a net profit of 1.2 billion Swiss francs ($1.32 billion). But the results were an improvement from the last quarter of 2011, when the bank, a key engine of the Swiss economy, posted a net profit of 319 million francs.....

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