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Germany will offer Deutsche Lufthansa AG a 9 billion euros ($9.8 billion) bailout that thrusts the state back into the heart of a company privatised with fanfare two decades ago.
The aid package involves taking an initial 20 per cent stake that could rise to a blocking minority of 25per cent plus one share in the event of a hostile takeover, the carrier said on Monday.
The plan, which requires European Union approval and will almost certainly be challenged by rival airlines such as Ryanair Holdings,
