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A rogue City trader who gambled away 1.4 billion pounds ($2.2 billion) in bad deals at UBS has been found guilty of fraud. The 32-year-old Ghanaian-born Kweku Adoboli exceeded his multimillion-pound trading limits and failed to hedge trades, allegedly faking records to cover his tracks at the Swiss institution’s London office. At one point, Adoboli risked running losses of up to $12 billion. Adoboli admitted to the losses, but said he was pressured by staff to take risks. Jurors at London’s Southwark Crown Court are still deliberating over a second count of fraud and four counts of false accounting.

Spain raises $6.4 billion in easy bond sale

Spain has raised nearly 5 billion euro ($6.4 billion) in a successful debt auction that saw strong demand as the country holds off on seeking international help to manage its finances. The Treasury sold 4.2 billion euro in 12-month bills at an average interest rate of 2.79%, down slightly 2.82% in the last such auction October 16. It sold (euro) 712 million in 18-month bills at a rate of 3.03%, up from 3.02%. Demand on Tuesday was more than double the amount offered for the shorter bills and nearly six times for the longer bills. Spain, which already has been offered 100 billion euro to help refinance its struggling banks, says it wants to know all the conditions that might come attached to any rescue package before deciding to apply for further international assistance.

Credit Suisse shakes up executives,

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