Investigation of French Bank Expected to End by Summer.

The judges leading the investigation of Jerome Kerviel, the Societe Generale employee blamed for trading losses of nearly 4.9 billion euros ($7.2 billion), are expected to conclude their work by summer, with a trial likely to begin in early 2009, lawyers said Friday. ''So long as there are no surprises, it would not be impossible for the investigative phase to conclude by late June or mid-July,'' said a lawyer representing the French bank, Jean Veil. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]