51.   For the German bank to seal a deal, it may have to ante up millions of dollars above fair-market value.

52.   German bank Bayerische Vereinsbank this week created a new instrument that will give German retail investors the opportunity to bet on that growth.

53.   German bank exposure equals about one half of that, Hanley said.

54.   German bank shares were also boosted by the rate cut hopes.

55.   German banks favor it, too, because it frees capital that they can put to better use.

56.   German banks provided the financing for German exports to Russia as well as for investment in development projects.

57.   German banks, like those in the rest of Europe, are ripe for consolidation because there are too many banks for the size of the economy.

58.   German banks are not likely to face the rush of claims expected by Swiss banks from survivors of the Holocaust and their heirs, Bubis said.

59.   German banks have also been among the biggest lenders to Brazil and other countries in South America.

60.   German banks seem to be the most vulnerable to the new financial turmoil in Russia.