In the first half of this year, the bank's private and business-clients division has increased profits by 62% year-on-year and we believe that it can do more.

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In 1989, he expanded his successful publishing business by helping clients place and receive orders over private computer networks.

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Running a well-paid job to sustain a middle-class life incurred pressures that never eased: you needed a bigger house, a better car, private schools for your growing children and shop accounts for your wife so that she looked good when business clients had to be entertained at your home.

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