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	<title><![CDATA[Ritholtz: Why Does UBS Still Employ Phil Gramm?]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/30/ritholtz-why-does-ubs-sti_n_223346.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>Last week, UBS announced a 2nd Quarter loss "due to restructuring charges." The banking giant is raising $3.45 billion in a stock sale.</p>

<p>Partly owned by the Swiss government (for years prior to the crisis, if memory serves), UBS was one of the biggest losers in the financial crisis. After a huge expansion into riskiest businesses at the peak of the market, they have had steep losses and enormous write-downs. Since then, they have laid off tens of thousands of workers....</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Business]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-06-30T15:58:00-04:00</date_published>
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