Pressure mounts for Swiss central banker to quit

Switzerland’s biggest political party on Friday piled fresh pressure on the embattled head of the country’s central bank to quit over a currency trade scandal.Ë/XÀ philippa.larkinêwGœ·Â"`ÿÿØm—±Jan 6 (Reuters) - Switzerland's biggest political party on Friday piled fresh pressure on the embattled head of the country's central bank to quit over a currency trade scandal. Swiss media said Philipp Hildebrand had failed to defuse the crisis when he pledged at a news conference on Thursday to fight accusations of wrongdoing over the controversial trade by his wife Kashya and refused to step down. Source