The ECB is keeping the Cypriot banks alive by allowing them to draw on emergency support from the local central bank.

NPR: Cyprus Has 4 Days To Find Bailout Solution

Bank customers still can draw on the rest of their funds via ATM machines this weekend, although banks that usually open on Saturdays had limited hours.

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But if that's the case, why do television programmers constantly bank on big names to draw viewers?

FORBES: Networks Shine Their Stars

So although the Bank has been able to draw on other sources of information, such as private-sector surveys, the lack of an official earnings series left a gap in its inflation-watching kit.

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Even so companies may well have to draw on uncommitted credit facilities with banks, expanding the size of bank balance-sheets.

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The Australian tax authorities, too, have cracked down on the use of payment cards to draw money from offshore bank accounts.

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