Societe Generale buys back 1.7 billion euros in debt: statement
French bank Societe Generale has bought back 1.7 billion euros of its own debt, making a pretax profit of 300 million euros in the process, a statement said on Thursday.
Societe Generale SA, seeking to restore its status as a top-tier bank after a massive trading scandal, said Tuesday it had raised $8.44 billion through a share offering.