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  • The corporate shift involves Deutsche's main U.S. subsidiary, known as Taunus Corp. The entity, named for a mountain range outside of Frankfurt, where the bank is based, is one of the largest bank-holding companies in the U.S., with $373 billion in assets.

    Deutsche Maneuvers Around New Law David Enrich 2011

  • He'd been somewhere on the ground floor and seen me and recognized me and got on to the phone and told headquarters, and headquarters had put out an all-points bulletin and from that moment the Taunus was a marked target.

    The Mandarin Cypher Hall, Adam 1975

  • When he returned to Rome, shortly afterwards, a fort on the Taunus was the only one which

    Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) The Romance of Reality, German Charles Morris 1877

  • The restructuring will help the division, known as Taunus Corp., shed its status as a bank holding company, which would have subjected it to the capital rules, the people said, declining to be identified because the plan isn't public.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • Ultimately, Deutsche decided to move its banking unit, known as Deutsche Bank Trust Corp., out of Taunus, said the people familiar with the matter.

    Deutsche Maneuvers Around New Law David Enrich 2011

  • The result is that, as of Dec. 31, Taunus's Tier 1 leverage ratio, a primary gauge of its financial health, stood at negative 1.3%.

    Deutsche Maneuvers Around New Law David Enrich 2011

  • The ruins of Wolfsschanze (Wolf's Fort), his command headquarters in East Prussia, Adlerhorst (Eagle's Nest) in the Taunus Mountains, and Wehrwolf (Defence Wolf), in a pine forest near Vinnytsia in the Ukraine, remain grimly instructive.

    From Hitler to Gaddafi: dictators and their bunkers 2011

  • Until recently, Taunus's negative Tier 1 ratio wouldn't have posed a problem.

    Deutsche Maneuvers Around New Law David Enrich 2011

  • Deutsche executives believe that will allow Taunus to avoid having to comply with the Dodd-Frank Act.

    Deutsche Maneuvers Around New Law David Enrich 2011

  • With the banking business gone, Taunus plans to deregister as a bank-holding company, allowing it to bypass Dodd-Frank's tougher capital rules, these people said.

    Deutsche Maneuvers Around New Law David Enrich 2011

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