On August 31st Allianz, an insurer, gave up the struggle to make anything of its 2001 purchase of Dresdner and sold the bank to Commerzbank for 9.8 billion euro ($14.2 billion).

• 8月31日，安联保险集团放弃它2001年收购的德瑞斯顿银行并将其以98亿欧元（142亿美元）价格卖给德国商业银行。