But, all the shareholders and employees of Wells Fargo, Bank America, American Express and Goldman Sachs benefited during this trying period.
If there was such a thing as the spirit of late 19th-century America, did pragmatism express it?
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Citibank and Bank of America now offer American Express cards, the result of an antitrust lawsuit AmEx won against Visa and MasterCard in 2005.
That depressing scenario looks plausible given the unexpectedly weak second-quarter profits from American Express, America's fourth-largest card issuer and the one most geared towards well-heeled consumers.
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None of this, of course, has impressed firms such as America's Federal Express or Acer, Taiwan's biggest computer maker, who are among the multinationals that have invested heavily in Subic Bay and now face disruption from the dispute.
But even as we gather here this morning, people are gathering all across America, not only to express thanks of a grateful nation, but to tell stories that demand to be told.
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The aspirations he expressed for America are the ones he should express for our tumultuous planet.
Competitors Bank of America, Citigroup and American Express also reported earnings last week.
Because there are few better ways to express our love for America than to care for other Americans.
The names are familiar: Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, MasterCard, American Express and Capital One Financial.
ABN-Amro, Banque Nationale de Paris, Bank of America, Citibank, and American Express that dominate trading in the New Taiwan dollar, and especially in currency derivatives.
The economy is weakening and financial stocks are getting pounded, including Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Travelers, American Express and Bank of America, companies that BRK has a vested interest in.
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So it is all the more sobering to find considerable levels of hostility when people compare America with other countries, or express their views about Americans in general, not Mr Bush in particular.
The other 14 banks American Express, Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, Capital One Financial, Citigroup, Fifth Third Bancorp, KeyCorp, Morgan Stanley, PNC Financial Services, Regions Financial, State Street, SunTrust Banks, US Bancorp and Wells Fargo received an unconditional green light from the Fed.
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For example, Anand and Shikha Chhatpar, two Indian engineers educated in America, founded a company called Fame Express.
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Chase, Discover, American Express, and Bank of America all reported drops in both important figures in their August regulatory filings.
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Fierce competition in the credit card business and a wave of huge mergers concentrated the industry in the hands of a few major players: Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Capital One Financial and American Express.
He had unshakeable beliefs and was able to express them effectively, both in America and abroad.
Steve Doocy, the host, and Bob Dilenschneider, his guest, conceded that there is a serious problem with hacking: recent victims have included the Pentagon, American Express, Citigroup and Bank of America.
We don't know what our leaders think, they don't express opinions like their counterparts in North America.
But for those looking for a replay of the Credit Crisis, the net charge-off numbers from American Express ( AXP), Bank of America ( BAC), Citi ( C), Capital One ( COF), Discover ( DFS), and JPMorgan Chase ( JPM) would argue against it as this data continues to improve each and every month.
South Korea's allies such as America, Japan, Britain and Australia were quick to express their outrage.
Ornstein solidified ties with America West and US Airways, which it serves as US Airways Express out of Boston, Pittsburgh, Kansas City, Philadelphia and Orlando.
But al-Qaeda has a quasi-military structure, and plenty of precedents exist for killing enemy commanders in wartime: in April 1943 America ambushed Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese naval commander, on the express orders of President Franklin Roosevelt.
This year, the message of hope and change seems to have eluded the campaign, but for a large segment of young America, 80 million strong, those themes still resonate in how they express their aspirations and how they buy.
After Weill lost a power struggle at white shoe American Express, he had the chutzpah to try to takeover Bank of America.
The ritual ceremony of the Voladores ('flying men') is a fertility dance performed by several ethnic groups in Mexico and Central America, especially the Totonac people in the eastern state of Veracruz, to express respect for and harmony with the natural and spiritual worlds.
Bank of America joined the field last month with its Accolades card, issued on the American Express network.
At the end of last year it floated Virgin Express, a low-cost European airline, in Belgium and on America's Nasdaq exchange.
Unlike America, we do not have a First Amendment which guarantees people the freedom to express their opinions and foster public debate by doing so.
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