Nordea's third-quarter earnings take 1.3 billion euro hit as new CEO takes over

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nordea Bank Abp , one of the Nordic region's biggest lenders, on Thursday reported its first quarterly earnings under a new chief executive, saying they were dragged down by surprise one-off charges totalling 1.3 billion euros ($1.45 billion).The results come in a year which has seen Nordic bank shares tumble following a money-laundering scandal at Danske Bank A/S .Nordea, which has also struggled with declining profitability, reported an operating loss for July-September at..