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SCHWEIZ CREDIT SUISSE AXA DE CASTRIES KIELHOLZ
JAHRESRUECKBLICK 2006 - WIRTSCHAFT - SCHWEIZ CREDIT SUISSE AXA GESCHAEFTSUEBERNAHME DE CASTRIES KIELHOLZ: Walter B. Kielholz, links, VR-Praesident Credit Suisse Group, und Henri de Castries, rechts, CEO Group Axa, waehrend einer Medienkonferenz in Zuerich am Mittwoch, 14, Juni 2006. Axa wird 100 Prozent der Winterhur fuer CHF 12.3 Mia. in bar von der Credit Suisse uebernehmen - Walter Kielholz, left, chairman of the boards of directors of Credit Suisse Group, and Henri de Castries, right, CEO Axa Group, during a press conference in Zurich, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 14, 2006. Credit Suisse Group, Switzerland's second-largest bank, plans to sell its Winterthur insurance business to Axa SA for 12.3 billion Swiss francs ($9.9 billion, Euro 7.9 billion) in cash. The transaction, Axa Chief Executive Officer Henri de Castries's biggest purchase in more than five years, is for 100 percent of Winterthur. The transaction is expected to close around the end of 2006, Credit Suisse said. (KEYSTONE/Walter Bieri)