As Ana Patricia Botín, head of Banesto, a retail bank in the Santander group, says: “It is all very well being the Florida of Europe, but it would be nice to be the California as well.”

正如Banesto（西班牙Santander组织下的一家零售银行）的总裁Ana Patricia Botín所说，“把西班牙建设成为欧洲的弗罗里达固然美好，但是我们同时还希望西班牙能成为欧洲的加利福利亚。”

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Two researchers, Karthik Muralidharan of the University of California at San Diego and Venkatesh Sundararaman of the World Bank, tested that idea in 300 state-run schools in Andhra Pradesh in India.

来自加州大学圣迭戈分校的卡迪克•穆拉里达兰和世界银行的万可太实•桑德拉拉曼，在印度安德拉邦的300所国立学校中试验了这个想法。

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In September 1958, Bank of America launched the BankAmericard in Fresno, California.

1958年9月，美国银行在加州弗雷斯诺市发行了美国银行卡。

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Gary Gordon a stock analyst at Portales Partners, an independent research firm, says there are three big differences between WaMu and the California bank taken over by federal regulators.

NPR: IndyMac Collapse Fuels Fears About WaMu

When bank customers lined up at California's Indymac Bank this week, we were reminded that bank failure is on the rise this year - five so far, and more are expected.

NPR: IndyMac Collapse Prompts Warning On Other Banks

Union Bank of California, the nation's 27th biggest bank and the main unit of UnionBanCal Corp.

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