The business press have focused this week on Deutsche Bank, amid rumors they will require government action to stay viable in their current circumstances; trigger issue is US government seeking a US$14 billion fine over the 2008-2009 centered subprime mortgage crisis; rumors vary on whether Deutsche and German government are working on a crisis plan and/or considering government financial support; comparisons are proposed to that period’s bailout of “too big to fail” Lehman Brothers. Source