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BlackRock working on rival Credit Suisse takeover bid, reveals the Financial Times

Hacks at the FT are on a hot streak.

The reporting team have just revealed another twist in the Credit Suisse takeover tale - the mammorth money manager BlackRock, led by Larry Fink, is working a rival takeover bid for the Swiss bank. Below is the link to the mega scoop:

https://www.ft.com/content/6319e205-d688-4521-b048-8d69a2c40847..

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State Street said to eye Credit Suisse takeover bid, reports Inside Paradeplatz - Part 2

The boss of Credit Suisse is pouring a large bucket of cold water on Inside Paradeplatz's tale about a sale to State Street, the US-listed custody giant.

And the powerful media organisations are eating up. Indeed, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Thomas Gottstein effectively called the Inside Paradeplatz story "stupid" at a Goldman Sachs conference today. Below is a link to the story with the full quotes:..

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