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Germany angered at last-minute loss in Lehman crash
Sep 17, 2008, 8:55 GMT Reports that Germany's federal-government bank KfW handed over 300 million euros (420 million dollars) to Lehman Brothers only hours before the US investment bank failed, a newspaper said Wednesday.
The Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung said KfW passed the money to Lehman as part of a swap arrangement on Monday, the day the US firm declared insolvency. The impending collapse had been world news since the previous day.
The Finance Ministry in Berlin, which controls KfW, said there would be an inquiry to find who was to blame. KfW's in-house auditors would study how it was possible for the payment to have been released.
KfW conceded that it had an exposure of hundreds of millions of euros from the insolvency after the 'improperly released payment,' according to the newspaper. KfW was set up as a reconstruction bank and handles most federal-government investments.
Spiritual pride leads to a lingering spiritual death. It turns the living being into a tomb, bright and polished on the outside, proudly ornamented with scrupulous attention to detail, and ostentatious adherence to the letter of the law — but inside full of corruption, and festering foulness. They love the rituals and the worldly forms of religion, but want nothing to do with mercy and love. It is a sickening romance with the self, unto death.
Jesse, Essere Umano, 20 August 2017