A third bid has been made for the German bank BANKGESELLSCHAFT BERLIN by the American company TPG - TEXAS PACIFIC GROUP, at the minimum price of EUR 1.75 billion. The two other bids come from FLOWERS associated to Japanese LONG-TERM CREDIT BANK (renamed SHINSEI), ABN AMRO, CITIGROUP and UBS, on one hand, and from the public Hanover bank NORDLB allied to Association des caisses d'épargne (DSGV), on the other. See EI of 27 September.