Portugal—Banco Espirito Santo SA ("BES"), Portugal's second-largest lender, will split up under a rescue plan backstopped by €4.9 billion (US$6.6 billion) in state money after the bank sustained devastating losses on its exposure to the troubled Espirito Santo financial group ("Espirito Santo")

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