UBS tries buyback to raise confidence

Courtesy Marketplace  Fri, 08/08/2008 - 15:39

UBS says it will buy back $19 billion-worth of auction-rate securities from its customers. With billions of losses already on its books, can UBS afford it?

Bob Moon reports that maybe they can't afford not to.


 

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