hello and welcome to bbc world news. the government of switzerland says that the country s biggest bank, ubs, has taken over its troubled rival credit suisse in an emergency measure designed to protect the swiss economy. fears about the possible collapse of credit suisse sparked falls in stock markets around the world over recent days, and raised fears of another global financial crisis. the rescue deal follows a weekend of emergency talks between the two banks, after credit swiss saw its value plummet over the past week. the swiss national bank said the deal was the best way to restore the confidence of financial markets and to manage risks to the economy. our geneva correspondent imogen foulkes explains the significance of this merger on the global stage. it s early days. but i don t think it s going to be easy. ubs is the bigger of the two, but both of them are already huge. if you lookjust in switzerland, both of them have at least one branch, more in a big city like bern
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