International Business News - Societe http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif French bank Societe Generale said Monday that net profit fell 84 percent in the third quarter after banking collapses and plunging assets tied to the U.S. housing market contributed to 1.2 billion euros ($1.54 billion) of write-downs and other losses. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/socgens-net-profit-down-84-percent-in-q3.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:39:25 EST French bank Societe Generale said Monday it has asked France's market regulator to open an investigation into possible manipulation of its share price. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/socgen-seeks-probe-into-share-price-manipulation.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:06:45 EDT French bank Societe Generale said Monday it has asked France's market regulator to open an investigation into possible manipulation of its share price. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/socgen-seeks-probe-into-share-price-manipulation.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:04:15 EDT French bank Societe Generale SA, recovering from a multibillion-dollar trading scandal, argued Thursday that it is in a strong position to survive the current turmoil in financial markets. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/socgen-well-armed-to-face-financial-crisis.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:14:35 EDT French bank Societe Generale SA, recovering from a multibillion-dollar trading scandal, said Tuesday that net profit fell 63 percent in the second quarter after the ongoing crisis in world financial markets led to a loss in its investment banking unit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/socgen-second-quarter-net-profit-drops-63-percent.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:41:28 EDT French bank Societe Generale SA, recovering from a multibillion dollar trading scandal, said Tuesday that net profit fell 63 percent in the second quarter after the ongoing crisis in world financial markets led to a loss in its investment banking unit. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/socgen-second-quarter-net-profit-drops-63-percent.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:13:09 EDT France's central bank announced Friday that it has fined Societe Generale $6.3 million for "serious shortcomings" in its internal controls that led to nearly $7.8 billion in trading losses announced earlier this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/socgen-fined-over-trading-scandal.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:18:48 EDT France's central bank announced Friday that it has fined Societe Generale $6.3 million for "serious shortcomings" in its internal controls that led to nearly $7.8 billion in trading losses announced earlier this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/socgen-fined-over-trading-scandal.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:27:33 EDT French judicial officials say judges probing a massive trading loss at Societe Generale have questioned former trader Jerome Kerviel alongside a top bank executive. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080625/judges-probing-socgen-loss-host-showdown.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:02:06 EDT Two French judges investigating more than $7 billion in losses at Societe Generale visited the bank's trading floor Tuesday, studying the scene where Jerome Kerviel is accused of having carried out massive, unauthorized trades. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080610/judges-probing-socgen-visit-its-trading-floor.htm Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:04:25 EDT Societe Generale SA chiefs faced boos and jeers at a shareholders meeting Tuesday while defending the French bank's response to one of the world's largest trading scandals, which caused a massive loss. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080527/bouton-defends-socgen-conduct.htm Tue, 27 May 2008 16:44:55 EDT Investigators at Societe Generale SA say they suspect former futures trader Jerome Kerviel was helped by an assistant to cover up massive trading positions that led to a multibillion dollar loss. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080523/societe-generale-releasing-fraud-report.htm Fri, 23 May 2008 18:15:24 EDT Troubled French bank Societe Generale SA will publish two reports Friday into what went wrong during a multibillion euro trading scandal uncovered in January, a bank official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080522/societe-generale-to-publish-alleged-fraud-reports.htm Thu, 22 May 2008 15:54:00 EDT French bank Societe Generale SA said Tuesday that write-downs linked to the crisis in financial markets led to a 23 percent decline in first-quarter profits. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080513/socgen-1q-net-drops-on-exposure-to-us-mortgages.htm Tue, 13 May 2008 06:23:20 EDT The Swiss stock exchange fined French bank Societe Generale for violating trading rules two years ago. The Zurich-based exchange _ known as SWX _ said Friday it imposed a 30,000 Swiss franc ($28,600) fine on Societe Generale for allowing four authorized traders to make transactions under other people's names. A fifth person, who was not authorized to trade on the SWX, also carried out transactions, it said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/swiss-exchange-fines-socgen-for-violation-of-trading-rules.htm Fri, 02 May 2008 06:58:50 EDT The Swiss stock exchange said Friday it has fined French bank Societe Generale for violating trading rules two years ago. The Zurich-based exchange _ known as SWX _ said it imposed a 30,000 Swiss francs ($28,600; 18,400 euros) fine on Societe Generale for allowing four authorized traders to make transactions under other people's names. A fifth person, who was not authorized to trade on the SWX, also carried out transactions, it said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/swiss-exchange-fines-societe-generale.htm Fri, 02 May 2008 06:54:37 EDT He was tied this year to one of the largest securities scandals in history and faces charges ranging from forgery to unauthorized computer use, yet the former trader at French bank Societe Generale is gainfully employed, again. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/trader-at-center-of-73b-french-bank-scandal-lands-a-new-job.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:18:13 EDT