credit suisse  which has launched a radical overhaul  said wednesday it expected a pretax loss of up to 15 billion swiss francs 15 billion euros 16 billion in the fourth quarter switzerlands secondbiggest bank announced that measures unveiled last month aimed at turning around the beleaguered lender would impact its results the loss will depend on a number of factors including the investment banks performance for the remainder of the quarter the continued exit of noncore positions any goodwill impairments and the outcome of certain other actions including potential realestate sales the bank said in a statement credit suisse launched its new strategy following huge thirdquarter losses to try to repair the damage following a series of scandals measures include revamping its investment banking unit slashing 9000 jobs and a capital injection from the saudi national bank shares in the swiss bank fell by more than four percent on the smi stock exchange shortly after opening