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[Russell]

[Solved] Info.jpg Puzzle

[NovacaineX]

Got it!

The clue seperate the strings helped a ton

23567418
wwwbankr
uptcomxx

23567418
newsarch
ivexxxxx

seems to spell out wwwbankruptcomnewsarchive

which would go to

http://www.bankrupt.com/news_archive/

browsing the archive for 041005 came up with this:
http://bankrupt.com/TCR_Public/041005.mbx - Troubled Company Reporter
http://bankrupt.com/TCRLA_Public/041005.mbx - TCR Latin America
http://bankrupt.com/TCRAP_Public/041005.mbx - TCR Asia Pacific
http://bankrupt.com/TCREUR_Public/041005.mbx - TCR Europe
http://bankrupt.com/CAR_Public/041005.mbx - Class Action Reporter

[Svengoolie]

I don't get it.

[deco]

thank God i´m not the only one. how did you apply the clue?

[NovacaineX]

Well i was trying to decipher all of the text in one giant string before, but instead i did it twice, once ofr the top and once for the bottom.

is you take the text:

kxwuw pnmwt bcaor x

and the number:

23567418

and you start at the beginning and put the first 2 letters under the column for 1, the next 2 under 2, and so on, it spells the message.

I then did that for the 2nd text string to get the rest.

not sure what to be looking for in those documents though, I think we need to hear from Walter before continuing on.

[deco]

now i get it thanks...

[NovacaineX]

Got any idea what we need to be looking for in those documents?

[groves72]

Nice job NovacaineX, I doubt I would've ever seen that, and I've been staring at it for days.

Now, I started browsing the news archives, and I found this interesting bit in the fourth page, http://bankrupt.com/TCREUR_Public/041005.mbx :

[NovacaineX]

Good work! Now we just need to figure out what to do with this new found information.

[NovacaineX]

In case anyone wanted to see what Mr. Patig looks like here you go.

https://www.commerzbank.com/aktionaere/governance/vorstand/patig_e.pdf

[romper2005]

O.k so I completely forgot the 041005 link and just searched on related words, came up with this:
http://bankrupt.com/TCREUR_Public/020321.mbx

SCHMIDT-BANK: Consors Bares EUR125 Million Loss Ahead of Auction
----------------------------------------------------------------

Soon-to-be-auctioned Schmidt-Bank unit Consors Discount Broker AG
took close to EUR100 million off its revenues last year, charging
the money on special items, Handelsblatt said Tuesday.

The move raised the unit's losses to EUR125.5 million, with
after-tax operating losses totaling EUR62.8 million.

The unit says the special items stood for unscheduled write-downs
on shareholdings and goodwill of EUR79.5 million, in addition to
planned write-downs on goodwill of EUR14 million and a EUR5.6
million restructuring charge.

According to the paper, these charges surfaced after the unit
tidied its books in preparation for its disposal.

Paul Wieandt, administrator of Schmidt-Bank, which was rescued
from insolvency last year by a consortium of private and public-
sector banks, plans to auction off Consors beginning next month.

At the moment, a few bidders, including Societe Generale and BNP
in France and from Germany's Commerzbank have signified interest
in the unit, Europe's second biggest online broker by client
numbers.

According to the report, BNP is widely seen to stand the best
chance of success because of its financial power. However, there
is also speculation that U.S. online bank E-Trade may submit a
last-minute offer.

Meanwhile, the report says Mr. Wieandt was expected yesterday to
present the restructuring program for Schmidt-Bank as well as its
loan losses. Many have speculated the bank's losses to reach
EUR500 million


Which gives as a possible Mr. Wieandt as the branch manager.

Could be completely OOG though.

[NovacaineX]

Interesting, This site seems to have so much information it's hard to tell what to even look for. But we have some definite connections here. Once Walter or Jerry talk to us again i'm sure we'll have our next path.

[Russell]

Great solve guys, the intervention from the PM's was much needed! They must be monitoring the forums, as we had tried that technique but not as a single string!

[Svengoolie]

Do you guys think the site is usually OOG, and this is what's actually being advertised?

[deco]

it does have a lot of text.. i guess it´s just some background info, but not a puzzle at all.

guess we have to wait for the files they´re trying to decrypt...