It is essential to keep in mind Deutschebank's history in the U.S., particularly the fact that it took over Alex.Brown and Bankers Trust.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Bank ...Major projects in its first decades included the Northern Pacific Railroad in the United States (1883) and the Baghdad Railway (1888). It also financed bond offerings of the steel concern Krupp (1885) and introduced the chemical company Bayer on the Berlin stock market....In 1957 these three banks merged and other takeovers followed, such as the GDR's state bank with German reunification in 1990; London investment bank Morgan Grenfell in 1989; Bankers Trust in New York, Crédit Lyonnais Belgium in Brussels in 1999 and a Moscow-based investment bank United Financial Group in Russia in 2006. In 1995 Deutsche Bank began the transformation from a commercial bank to an investment bank and to provide expertise for investment banking products. ...On September 11, 2001, the Deutsche Bank building, located at 130 Liberty Street in New York City and acquired two years earlier as part of the merger with Bankers Trust, was damaged beyond repair as a result of the terrorist attack. Large pieces of debris from the Twin Towers hit the Deutsche Bank building and sliced a large hole into its center, destroying its main entrance and lobby. Deutsche Bank relocated most of its NYC Area units to 60 Wall Street - acquired earlier in 2001 and formerly occupied by J.P. Morgan Chase. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?faid/faid:@field(DOCID+ms998013) Date Event 1800 Firm established in Baltimore, Md., by Alexander Brown (1764-1834) 1804 Alexander Brown (1764-1834) organized Baltimore Water Co. 1810 William Brown (1784-1864) sent to London, England, to establish firm of Brown Shipley & Co. 1818 John A. Brown (1788-1872) sent to Philadelphia, Pa., to found Brown Brothers Harriman and Company 1825 James Brown (1791-1877) sent to New York to found firm of Brown Brothers & Co. 1827 Alexander Brown (1764-1834) helped organize Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Brown v. Maryland decided in favor of Alex. Brown & Sons 1834 Alexander Brown (born 1764) died George Brown (1787-1859) named senior partner 1839 Alex. Brown & Sons became separate banking concern 1859 George Stewart Brown (1834-1890) named head of Baltimore, Md., house 1890 Alexander Brown (1858-1949) named senior partner 1924 Benjamin Howell Griswold (1858-1949) named head of firm 1946 Alexander B. Griswold (1907- ) succeeded his father as senior partner The records of Alex. Brown & Sons span the years 1796-1908, with the bulk of the material dating from 1796 to 1884. Included are business records of successor companies, subsidiaries, and allied business. The records document the commercial and financial activities of Alexander Brown, his sons, and their successors, showing the development of their banking house in conjunction with extensive import-export operations, the building of ships and worldwide trade activities, and the building of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. They also reflect the company's change from a mercantile to an international banking house having connections with Brown, Shipley & Company of Liverpool, and with Brown Brothers & Company, of New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.... The collection also includes records of other Brown family firms, such as the firms of Stewart Brown, of Philadelphia, an older brother of Alexander Brown, 22 April 1796- 30 May 1797; and of Moore Falls and Stewart Brown of the firm of Falls & Brown, of Baltimore, 1797-1810. http://www.db.com/pwm/en/contact-us-alex_brown.html Founded in 1800, Alex. Brown underwrote the first initial public offering in America: the Baltimore Water Company in 1808, followed by the B&O railroad (which is still on Monopoly boards today)....The 1999 merger with Deutsche Bank expanded the Firm's reach far beyond America and united its background with a bank that is an integral part of the financial history of Europe. --- In cia-drugs@yahoogroups.com, "Vigilius Haufniensis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.kommersant.com/p713423/r_529/YUKOS_Assets_German/ > > YUKOS Assets to Become German > // Deutsche Bank is ready to redeem YUKOS's debts to Gazprom's benefit *** > > It is unlikely that Deutsche Bank acts on behalf of Rosneft, YUKOS's main creditor, and claimant #1 for controlling the company's assets. According to the list of YUKOS creditors as of October 12, there are 37 creditors claiming debts of 586.6 billion rubles. The major private creditors are Yuganskneftegaz controlled by Rosneft (109 billion rubles), and Rosneft itself (some 150 billion rubles). The main state creditor is the Federal Tax Service. YUKOS owes 311.7 billion to it. Thus, Rosneft would hardly have been interested in buying out YUKOS's debts via Deutsche Bank. YUKOS refrained from comments on Deutsche Bank's attention to the company. > > Gazprom spokesman Sergey Kupriyanov refused to discuss Deutsche Bank's initiatives with Kommersant yesterday. Yet, unlike Rosneft, Gazprom seems to be the most likely client of Deutsche Bank in those talks. Gazprom chairman Alexey Miller met with Deutsche Bank chairman Josef Ackermann on October 9, unexpectedly raising the question of the advanced repayment of Gazprom's credits attracted with the participation of Deutsche Bank. It is common practice to restructure the portfolio before large deals. Besides, Miller and Ackermann were discussing the issues of financing Gazprom's acquisition deals. > > Deutsche Bank has been Gazprom's official strategy advisor since 2004. It consulted Gazprom in 2 major deals - when selling 10.74 percent of the company to Rosneftegaz, and as the author of the so-called fairness opinion when buying Sibneft. Deutsche Bank board member Tessen von Heydebreck, who is in Russia now, will take part in the advisory council on foreign investment with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov today. > > Investment analysts say that both Gazprom and Rosneft have reasons to buy YUKOS's controlling stock and avoid the company's sell-out by redeeming its debts. "The only 2 companies which could have made this offer are Rosneft and Gazprom," said Moscow Bank analyst Vladimir Vedeneev. "Rosneft will have difficulty digesting a deal like that, while for Gazprom this deal is not crucial. If, however, YUKOS is sold out at an auction, Rosneft's position is better then." At the same time, the expert believes the talks with Group MENATEP will hardly end successfully. > > Thus, if Deutsche Bank does act on Gazprom's behalf, it is in the middle of the key conflict in Russia's economy of 2007 - the strategic competition between Gazprom and Rosneft for oil assets in Russia and the influence in the top-bracket of political power. > > > Dmitry Butrin, Denis Rebrov > All the Article in Russian as of Oct. 16, 2006 > Complete archives at http://www.sitbot.net/ Please let us stay on topic and be civil. OM Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cia-drugs/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! 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