Europe's Bank Rescue Tally

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By John Glover

January 3, 2013 at 11:51 PM UTC

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This article is part of the January 7, 2013 issue of businessweek.

Since 2008, the European Commission has approved more than $6.6 trillion in state aid to banks. So far only a quarter of that has been used, with the U.K., Germany, and Ireland receiving the bulk of the funds.