Top of the Hour: UBS ‘Rogue Trader’ Loses $2 Billion, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

Police in London have arrested a 31-year-old UBS banker Kweku Adoboli for making unauthorized trades that may have cost the Swiss bank $2 billion in losses.

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