A consortium of public banks has made a bid with the Land of Berlin for partial acquisition of the semi-public bank in difficulty, BGB - BANKGESELLSCHAFT BERLIN. The consortium includes, above all, the State-owned bank NORDLB, which is already a shareholder of BANKGESELLSCHAFT and the HASPA savings bank. The partners have also proposed that the town-State of Berlin, the main BANKGESELLSCHAFT shareholder with 57% of the capital, should join the project. The town, however, is also negotiating...