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UBS is on the verge of taking over Swiss rival Credit Suisse for about $2bn (£1.6bn), after frantic weekend talks to avert a collapse that experts feared could trigger a new global banking crisis.
Negotiations involving the Swiss government continued through Sunday, after a $54bn loan to Credit Suisse from the Swiss central bank had failed to halt the precipitous slide in its share price.
