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Credit Suisse suspended small number of traders

Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:30am EST

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ZURICH, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Credit Suisse (CSGN.VX) suspended a small number of traders in connection with its $2.85 billion writedowns, its chief executive said on Tuesday.

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"It's really a small group of traders, it's not a large number but we're not going to quote a specific number," Brady Dougan said on a conference call, when asked how many traders had been suspended. (Reporting by Sam Cage)



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