DW-WORLD: Bank Merger Speculation Abounds as Market Pressure Continues As pressure on financial markets grows around the world, a major reorganization of the German banking sector could be in store as institutions consolidate.
Thousands of jobs may hang in the balance. (24.07.2008) DW-WORLD: Troubled German Lender IKB Posts Whopping Loss German lender IKB reported a net loss of around one billion euros ($1.6 billion) for the first nine months of its 2007/2008 fiscal year. Hit hard by the subprime crisis, the bank had been rescued with public funds. (27.05.2008) DW-WORLD: German Subprime Casualty IKB Accused of Insider Trading In Europe's first criminal investigation associated with the US subprime disaster, a German lender has been accused of insider trading shortly before its shares plummeted dramatically due to the banking crisis. (23.04.2008)
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