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This is about Deutsche Bank.

As a German, this headline reads like "Germans searched...", so I was confused for a moment.

I (as a German) was not. Reading "Deutsche", "Money Laundering" and "Searched" in one line made obviously clear what was meant. In my bubble, this institution is a synonym for organized crime.

As a Polish person both your and GP's user names caught me off guard somewhat.

I, for one, are reminded of a most excellent Polish vodka by your parent's user name.

Ah yes, one of the very few brands that wasn't taken over by foreign competition.

To be honest I don't remember if I ever tried it - emphasis on remember.

If you are into mean spirits(pun intended) I recommend "Śliwowica łącka", although to try it you'd have hike the mountains od Lesser Poland because this type of liquor is technically illegal and available mostly in that region.

Is that like the Slivovitz you can find in the balkans? If so, the homebrew stuff is definitely tops (if you have relatives who still distill their own) but there's serviceable mass-market stuff you can get in some US liquor stores.

More or less, but has more of that barely-made-it-through-the-snowstorm taste.

Highlanders usually brew it, but I heard that given that it's not legal there are a lot of counterfeits in circulation.

I guess my family has some roots in the parts of Prussia that used to be German and are now Polish. I'm not aware of any Polish ancestors or siblings of mine, though.

Deutschebank has a sordid and questionable history with Donald Trump among others, so the sentiment is shared outside your bubble as well.

It's funny - it is for most people. Yet the institution isn't under investigation, merely two employees are:

> > Investigators are looking into the activities of two unnamed Deutsche Bank employees

That's funny.

They're looking at two people in their capacity as DB employees. DB is very much under investigation here.

This is getting very nitpicky here but "DB" usually means Deutsche Bahn. I'm not German (working in Germany though) so I could be wrong.

edit: Google agrees - https://www.google.de/search?q=db , although db.com is Deutsche Bank. Hmm. Never mind.

You're correct (inside Germany at least). db.de is the Deutsche Bahn.

Might just be a reflection of my finance background - many people on Wall Street call it DB, I'm assuming because it's their stock ticker.

I worked there, and I can confirm that we called it "DB" or "Deutsche".

I don't know, that's like saying "General investigated for emission scandal". General what? Motors? Electric? Ulysses S Grant?

Nah. German here, too, and I also knew immediately that it was referring to the Deutsche Bank.

In contrast to “General”, I don’t know of too many things prefixed with “Deutsche” that have been relevant in international media. The rest of the headline removes any doubt if there was any.

I don't know, I immediately thought Telekom.

I'm not German but this headline irked me. They could have just used the full name of the bank.

They use "Deutsche" and "Danske" as a shorthand throughout the article itself, too.

> They use "Deutsche" [...] as a shorthand throughout the article itself, too.

No. They do not. At least the version I am reading.

It is as if the author did not know this is shorthand and not the complete name of the bank. Kind of taking bank out of “Bank of America” vs “The CapitalOne bank (...)”

Same here. Imagine a headline "America searched in money laundering probe", omitting the "Bank of" from "Bank of America".

It's factually wrong and misleading. Please correct the title.

You are comparing a name that is not parallel. If it was American Airlines, it's not unthinkable for a headline to read "American searched...".

I was just as confused, especially since there are many other organisations with names starting with "Deutsche" (As a German I happen to know a few).

If you're wondering why they just called it "Deutsche": This is a popular abbreviation in financial circles.

It also seems like the article has been fixed. I'd have liked clearer info on which country they were searched in up-front (since HN is US-Centric at first I suspected their American offices).

As a non-German, Deutsche + nefarious financial issue meant Deutsche Bank

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