Or Brussels.
Except emails spreading misinformation.
Damn those emails – emanating presumably from the lowlands equivalent of Mayfair. Damn those Leffe quaffing Belgo-hedgies.
Fortis, you see, as per the above, was earlier the subject of some rather fervant speculation about a rights issue. Shares closed down 9.1 per cent in Brussels.
No rights issue, but maybe a merger?
Related links:
Fortis profits tumble on fresh writedowns – FT