Credit Suisse announced it would borrow up to 50 billion Swiss francs from the Swiss National Bank in a move to strengthen its liquidity amid dwindling stock prices. Fifty billion Swiss francs is the equivalent of $53.68 billion. Credit Suisse is the country’s second biggest lender. On Wednesday, Credit Suisse’s shares went down as much
When Melania Trump Asked to Borrow a Painting, Museum Offered a Literal Toilet.
January 28, 2018 by
First lady Melania Trump’s request to borrow a Vincent van Gogh painting from the Guggenheim Museum was refused, but a curator did offer another work of art: a functional 18-karat gold toilet. The curator at the Guggenheim responded to Trump’s request by offering to loan the White House a working toilet made of gold called […]
