Credit Suisse's fourth-quarter earnings confirmed the picture of a tough end to last year -- particularly within investment banking -- with a loss on the high side of expectations of SFr6 billion $5.2 billion in the final three months, leading to a full-year shortfall of SFr8.2 billion $7 billion. The fourth quarter loss was more than four times as large as the third quarter loss of SFr1.3 billion and compared with a SFr540 million profit in the fourth quarter of 2007 and a profit of SFr7.8 billion for 2007 as a whole.
However, the market has chosen to put more focus on the bank's improving financial position, the resilience of its private banking business...
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