Charles Mitchell, City's chairman, was revered for turning City into one of the country's biggest banks and a trusted adviser to the expanding middle class.

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But Charles Peabody of Mitchell Securities is not convinced.

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Charles Peabody, an analyst at Mitchell Securities, is especially worried about credit-card debt.

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Charles Peabody, an analyst at Mitchell Securities, predicted on December 28th that rates would be cut during the first week of January.

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But they are certainly accounting for a larger proportion of banking profits than ever before and, says Charles Peabody, an analyst at Mitchell Securities, they are disguising unexceptional performance in some of these firms' other business lines.

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Charles Place and the Reading Rail Road, points out expert player and collector Mitchell Freeman of San Jose, Calif.

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