FORMAL REQUEST: Spain officially asked the European Union on Monday for a loan to help clean up its troubled banking sector.
NO FIGURE: Spanish leaders haven’t said how much they’ll seek from the $125.4 billion ($100 billion euro) loan package offered. Two international audits last week found up to $77 billion (62 billion euro) could be needed.
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