Societe Generale SA is hiring 5,500 staff in France this year, according to the Financial Times.
The bank looks like it is making a comeback from last January's rogue trading scandal courtesy of Jerome Kerviel. The scandal cost the bank $7.2 billion, but now even Kerviel has begun the recovering process. He has since been hired by computer consulting firm Lemaire Consultants & Associates. - Maria Woehr