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The FinanceMinistry infers Les Claypool said there les claypool bass investigates had been no requests from other banks forthe government to take stakes in them. It is the first time Berlin has partially nationalised amajor bank in response to the global financial crisis andfollows similar moves by London and Washington. The latest injection adds to 8.2 billion euros providedearlier by the state to Commerzbank and has been made as thelender faces more big writedowns in the fourth quarter and toprotect it in an "economically stormy environment". NATIXIS UNDER PRESSURE Natixis could post a loss of between 1.5 billion and 2billion euros for last year and may need fresh capital,according to a report in Les Echos.

[ID:nL9706362] The bank declined to comment on the reported loss, anddenied another capital increase was planned les claypool bullboard . Analysts had expected Natixis to post a net loss of 1.5billion euros, based on a Reuters data average of 13 analysts'estimates les claypool whamola . "These fresh losses could well necessitate a furtherinjection of capital before the presentation of earnings at theend of February," one Paris-based share trader said colonel les claypool . Natixis has been hit hard by the credit crisis and needed a3.7 billion euro rights issue in September to boost its solvencyratio les claypool primus . More European banks are expected to need to raise capital inthe early part of this year as bad debts from corporate andconsumer loans rise as recession bites.

[ID:nL9383558] Dutch insurer Eureko, partly owned by Rabobank [RABN.UL],said on Friday it is talking to its shareholders about a capitalinjection, but said a report it would get 1 billion euros waspremature . [ID:nL9655169] ($1=.7312 Euro) (Reporting by Jonathan Gould, Philipp Halstrick and MichaelShields in Frankfurt and Marcel Michelson and Matthieu Protardin Paris; Writing by Steve Slater; Editing by John Stonestreetand Sharon Lindores) Stocks IPOs les claypool albums . There are lots of rumors flying around the Chicago Blackhawks right now, and most of them have to do with potential player movement.However, while some rumors center around improving the team for a run at the Stanley Cup this year, most of them are the work of mad scientists/hockey writers trying to make all of the current Hawks fit into the salary cap next year.The latest rumor is that the Blackhawks will announce, at some point during the upcoming circus trip, that they have agreed to long-term deals with their two young stars, Patrick Kane and captain Jonathan Toews.As Pierre LeBrun postulates on ESPN , any fair market contracts for these two would almost certainly mean there isn’t enough cap space in Chicago for Duncan Keith.Keith is the rock of the Hawks’ blue line and must be retained les claypool buckethead . But considering what other top defensemen are making (Tomas Kaberle is at $4.25 million, Zdeno Chara is at $7.5 million, Brian Campbell is at $7.14 million), Keith is going to get a substantial raise from his current salary of $1.9 million.Assuming Keith’s cap number jumps to fair market value, which should be in the neighborhood of $5 million in the current economy, the Blackhawks unfortunately have too much money on their books to afford him.So how can the Hawks come up with enough cap space to keep Toews, Kane, and Keith? I did some research, and the solution is simple.Buy out Brian Campbell’s contract.My homework on the current Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NHLPA and the NHL left me with an optimistic view of how the Hawks could easily afford to keep their home-grown core intact . Keith isn’t the only player that is going to need a raise, and unloading Campbell could serve as the first domino to facilitate the rest of the roster being set.Based on the current CBA, there is a formula by which the annual salary cap hit for a player is determined if his contract is bought out before it expires. I’m going to try to break down the CBA’s policy on contract buyouts to a CliffsNotes version for the sake of discussing how the Hawks buying out Campbell could help them afford the rest of their roster.If a player is older than 26, then the player is entitled to 60 percent of the remaining dollar value of his contract.