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Enda Kenny opens Credit Suisse trading floor in Dublin.
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As global financial markets wobbled last month, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny headed to an opening ceremony at Credit Suisse Group AG’s new trading room in Dublin.
“Sell, for Christ’s sake,” the 64-year-old jokingly bellowed down a dealer’s phone in the city’s international financial district, ignoring Deputy Prime Minister Joan Burton cheery warning: “Don’t touch anything.”