Newspaper wrap-up: Sallie Mae to cut 3% of employees

MAJOR PAPERS:

UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) is launching an initiative to reduce proprietary risk taking by its investment banking division, the Financial Times reported. In an internal memo, UBS CEO Marcel Rohner wrote that the bank would cut by 50% the number of its employees in its real estate and securitization division, and move its troubled mortgage investments into a separate unit.

OTHER PAPERS:

The UK Times reported that British music company EMI Group PLC (OTC: EMIPY) has made a bid for Chrysalis, one of Britain's last big independent music companies.
Student loan giant SLM Corporation (NYSE: SLM), also known as Sallie Mae, said it would lay off 350 employees, or about 3% of its workers, the Washington Post said.
France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) CEO Didier Lombard said sales of Apple Inc's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone device are going better than expected in France, the Associated Press reported.

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