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24 January 2008 By Rob Cox

Jerome Kerviel s stunning E4.9bn of losses on equity trades gone wrong has given a different meaning to the French word rogue. It s not just a term for arrogance anymore it is a new superlative for the biggest loss of its kind in financial history.

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