The headquarters of WestLB is pictured before the annual news conference in Duesseldorf March 26, 2009. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY BUSINESS HEADSHOT) By Jonathan Gould and Matthias Inverardi
FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Germany’s WestLB will jettison at least 87 billion euros ($128 billion) in risky assets to the country’s first “bad bank”, a move other lenders are likely to follow.

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