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French bank Societe Generale reported a big quarterly profits fall yesterday but exceeded analysts’ expectations after huge losses inflicted by its rogue trader scandal. The bank said net profit in the first quarter fell to $1.7 billion, a fall of 23.4 per cent from the equivalent figure last year. Profits for all of 2007 were slashed by 80 per cent to $1.47 billion.
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