Internauts nominate Kerviel for Nobel prize

Within hours of being named as the man behind one of the biggest banking losses ever seen, rogue trader Jerome Kerviel was fast on his way to becoming an internet cult hero.

Fan clubs for the Frenchman – who is said to have lost €4.9bn for employer Societe Generale – have already cropped up on the social networking site Facebook, with one even recommending him for the Nobel Prize for Economics.