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Small Businesses Worried: Will Lone Star Stampede Germany's IKB?

                   
spiegel.de: Information material at last week's IKB meeting. The German bank is being acquired by Lone Star. spiegel.de
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02-Sep-2008
        
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Will Lone Star Stampede Germany's IKB? By Beat Balzli and Wolfgang Reuter Texas-based private equity firm Lone Star is buying ailing German bank IKB, a lender to small and medium-sized businesses, at a sharp discount. The American firm's reputation for ruthlessly squeezing profits out of its holdings has prompted deep concern among IKB customers. The furnishings and managers are part of the insolvency estate. The... [read full story]                    

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