Swiss bank UBS warns of difficult year ahead

GENEVA (AFP) — Swiss banking giant UBS on Friday warned of a "difficult" year ahead after losing 10 billion dollars (6.8 billion euros) in the US subprime mortgage crisis.

"The problems that the financial industry faces have not evaporated with the turn of the year ... 2008 is likely to be another generally difficult year," the bank said in a letter to shareholders.

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