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Citi: #1 on TARP list, whilst Commerzbank is nationalised

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Of the 287 institutions receiving funds from America's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Citigroup heads the list at #1 with $45 billlion, ahead of AIG and General Motors (General Motors?), according to ProPublica:

1) Citigroup - $45 billion
2) AIG - $40 billion
3) JPMorgan Chase - $25 billion
4) Bank of America (incl. Merrill Lynch) - $25 billion
5) Wells Fargo - $25 billion
6) General Motors - $14.4 billion
7) Goldman Sachs - $10 billion
8) Morgan Stanley - $10 billion
9) PNC Financial Services - $7.6 billion
10) U.S. Bancorp - $6.6 billion
11) GMAC - $5 billion
12) SunTrust- $4.9 billion
13) Chrysler - $4 billion
14) Capital One Financial Corp. - $3.6 billion
15) Regions Financial Corp. - $3.5 billion

Meanwhile, Germany has followed the "Brown Bailout Plan", as some call it, by buying 25% of Commerzbank.

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