A ninth, Germany’s Helaba, pulled out of the tests before it could be failed.

第九间，德国的Helaba银行，在失败来临前退出了测试。

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On Wednesday, German bank Helaba withdrew from the stress tests to avoid public failure.

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"Under the EBA conditions the bank failed, that is clear, " Helaba spokesman Wolfgang Kuss told the AFP news agency on Friday.

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Helaba recently bought the ailing Frankfurter Sparkasse.

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