One was the state-owned German bank Hypo Real Estate and another was the state-controlled Greek ATEbank.

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Hypo Real estate shares have lost three-quarters of their value since the start of 2008.

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Hypo Real Estate (other-otc: HREHY - news - people ), a troubled German commercial property lender.

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He returns from Hypo Real Estate, which was spun off in 2003.

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The investment group said it wanted to offer support to Hypo Real Estate in potential future expansion opportunities, including in the Japanese market.

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Munich-based Hypo Real Estate, which has given conditional support to the offer, is set to vote on plans to expand its supervisory board to twelve, from six.

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Munich-based Hypo Real Estate (other-otc: HREHF - news - people ), which has given conditional support to the offer, is set to vote on plans to expand its supervisory board to twelve, from six.

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