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Monday, 14 May, 2012
Swiss bank execs 'backing away from Obama'
American executives at the Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse have swung their support strongly behind the Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney in his bid to beat Barack Obama in November’s election. It’s a dramatic reversal from 2008. Credit Suisse execs have piled in about the same amount thus far—just over $300,000—as they did for Obama’s entire campaign four years ago. But this time around they’ve spent only only $18,000 on the Obama side. The figures in this exclusive WRS investigation come from the Center for Responsive Politics, which closely tracks the money trail. WRS’s Washington Correspondent Daniel Ryntjes has the details:
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