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European banks among top beneficiaries of AIG bailout ...http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2009/03/15/business/OUKBS-UK-FINANCIAL-AIG-COUNTERPARTIES.phpGerman and French banks got $36 billion from AIG Bailout ...http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/economicsunbound/archives/2009/03/german_and_fren.html[US tax dollars at work] Societe General (FRANCE) - $11.9 Billion Deutsche Bank (GERMANY) - $11.8 Billion Calyon (FRANCE) - $2.3 Billion Barclays (U.K.) - $8.5 Billion UBS (Switzerland) - $5.0 Billion DZ Bank (GERMANY) - $700 Million Wachovia - $1.5 Billion Rabobank (HOLLAND) - $800 Million KFW (GERMANY) - $500 Million Banco Santander (SPAIN) - $300 Million Danske (DENMARK) - $200 Million HSBC Bank (U.K.) - $3.5 Billion Bank of Montreal (CANADA) - $1.1 Billion Royal Bank of Scotland (U.K.) -...

German bank pays Lehman 300 million euros -- by mistake Wed Sep 17, 12:21 PM ET German state development bank KfW transferred by mistake 300 million euros (427 million dollars) to Lehman Brothers after it had collapsed, Berlin admitted on Wednesday. "We are working to shed light very quickly on this technical fault," finance ministry spokesman Torsten Albig said. The transfer happened on Monday after the US investment bank had filed for bankruptcy protection.