Having just paid bonuses to its investment bankers, CSFB was kind enough to help them spend the cash on baubles for Valentine's Day.

To ensure the firm's staff didn't have an extra excuse to leave their desks, CSFB kindly invited some stores to set up shop in its London office so that the bankers could buy presents for their loved ones on the day of romance.

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