Switzerland injects cash into UBS

Credit Suisse writes down assets
Swiss bank Credit Suisse says it wrote down 2.4bn Swiss francs ($2.6bn; £1.2bn) in assets in the third quarter.

Brussels moves to salvage Fortis
Belgium and Luxembourg mull the future of the remaining assets of Fortis after the firm's Netherlands operations were nationalised.

Netherlands to buy Fortis assets
The Netherlands takes control of the Dutch operations of ailing financial giant Fortis in a deal worth 16.8bn euros.

Swiss bank UBS to cut 2,000 jobs
Swiss bank UBS says it will cut 2,000 jobs and will reorganise the business to cut costs and focus on its strengths.

More cash is injected into banks
Central banks are to take co-ordinated action to lend billions of dollars of extra cash to banks.