"The value of the stake was estimated at $14bn (£10.4bn) at the end of last year. It is unclear who BP would sell it to."

alrighty then. Between Guardian's bleeding charity features and NY Post's "kremligarch"* silent auction of 19th-century tycoon mansions, I suspect that arms-length disposal of the WWII.000348 booty will be a tall order.

lemme tink... AHA!

1. return of Bad Bank! custody of toxic assets;
   
2. bundle into a REIT whose sole beneficiary is NATO;
   
3. select trustee from ECB/FecNY primary dealers

* according to sources with knowledge of the matter, an oligarch who is not independent but may be linked to legit money-laundering by western industrialists