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Don't think it is unusual to have such large sums in bank account -- I know of several organizations and businesses who keep such sums as part of cash flow in the bank.
In addition to -- I'm reminded that -- let's take the bank fee.
The big night was Friday night-I'd watch my parents play "Russian Bank, " a two-handed card game, while listening to One Man's Family, the radio soap opera.
If I were a shareholder invested in a bank that had underperformed almost three-quarters of its peers would I really expect the executives to be rewarded with an incentive for that?
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In Africa, it is clear from the meetings I have with political leaders, central-bank governors and businesses that they value the contribution the financial-services industry makes to a growing economy.
And as personally distasteful as I find secret bank accounts and diverted funds - well, as the Navy would say, this happened on my watch.
Mr. WHITE: He wants three things out of Gleneagles as much as he can get: debt relief, debt to the--I think it's the World Bank, isn't it?
In Kenya, for example, where we have a partnership with I-HAB, and funding from the World Bank, some universities now have courses on the use of mobiles.
And I call that fundamental solution the deposit-only bank (DOB).
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The SEC says the fine amount was determined in part by considering certain remedial actions undertaken by Merrill after it was acquired by Bank of America- which I guess includes shutting down the ESD.
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Did I mention that the Program initially targets only thirty-five bank holding companies?
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Well joining me to discuss what banks do for us and what they should do in the 21st Century - I have Stuart Cliffe from the National Association of Bank Customers, Rory Murphy who's joint general secretary of the banking union UNIFI - and Tim Sweeney of course director general of the British Bankers Association.
Twice in one afternoon this week, I had well-heeled oil businessmen invoke the logic of Willie Sutton, the legendary bank robber.
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But the Bank of England seemed pretty uptight about all this - and, I understand, the issue of whether taxpayers will guarantee the scheme is not definitively settled.
That is the clear message I expect to hear from the governor of the Bank of England and the chancellor - quietly signalled in a speech earlier this week by deputy governor Paul Tucker.
"I played almost perfect, " said Kournikova, who reached the quarter-finals of the Bank of the West Classic last week.
That is what I asked a regulator involved in the multi-jurisdictional investigation of banks involved in setting these bank-to-bank rates.
So last November when I was in Indonesia, Boeing announced a deal with the help of the Export-Import Bank to sell more than 200 planes to one of the fastest-growing airlines in the world.
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To roughly calculate, I build on a study of 120 countries by Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang of the World Bank that found that a 10 percent increase in mobile phone penetration correlates with a 0.8 percent average increase in GDP growth.
"I've been in touch with Howard Wilkinson, the chair, and the Co-op Bank, " added the Sheffield Hallam MP.
In fact, I believe self-interested vigilance on the part of capital suppliers will be more effective in reducing bank failures than our regulators have been.
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After at least a dozen turn-downs seeking thirty million dollars in bank financing for a professional football team that I represented, I faced the fact that my initial approach was not working.
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Well, the Treasury and the Business Department concede that Vince Cable has been over-ruled on the break-up of Royal Bank of Scotland, which he argued for in the letter I disclosed yesterday.
I've had three world-class, top-level performances on the spin and I'm going in against Kessler with that in the bank.
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Before starting my firm (a life-long dream), I ran marketing for GE Capital, Schroders, Scudder, Citicorp Investment Bank and Columbia Business School.
And the interest rate freeze is I think merited, because look at what's happening -- if you're a big bank that helped get us into this mess, you go borrow money from Abu Dhabi or somewhere.
Then, just 36 hours before Residential Home was supposed to close on the re-fi, I received a call from the trust company handling the deal informing me that the bank was insisting both my wife and me be named on the deed.
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During my Labor Day Weekend visit to College Town USA, I stayed at the tony, centrally located, and pink-themed Langham Hotel, a former Federal Reserve Bank converted into a Renaissance Revival masterpiece that my late GOP mother would have adored.
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And although that might be a great thing from the point of view of the ethical standing of the banking system, it is never nice or easy for any bank to see a vast amount of cash walking out the door - especially since, as I mentioned earlier, that can increase its dependence on emergency replacement finance from the European Central Bank.
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