New chairman pledges to 'clean' scandal-hit Swedbank
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedbank shareholders elected Goran Persson as chairman on Wednesday, with the former Swedish Prime Minister pledging to "clean the house" after a money-laundering scandal.Sweden's oldest retail bank has lost its chief executive, chairman and a third of its stock market value this year as its Estonian business was embroiled in a money laundering scandal.Swedbank, which is under investigation in the United States, the Baltics and Sweden, now faces the potential threat of..