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- noun Plural form of
bank . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
bank .
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Resistance & Recovery Week of Action (against banks) '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' In response to the unfair bailout of banks and the banks\ 'stranglehold on Congress, Jobs With Justice is holding a Week of Action to Demand a Real Economic Recovery for Working People, September 24-October 1, 2009.'
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Call to Action! Resistance & Recovery Week of Action (against banks)
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In November China\'s banks packaged and then sold $18.6 billion in loans to Chinese trust companies, removing those loans from the banks\ 'balance sheets, Shanghai Benefit Investment Consulting has told the Wall Street Journal.
James Jubak: China's Banks Copy Citigroup in Hiding Bad Loans Off Their Balance Sheets
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Obama¡¯s dramatic proposals, announced on Thursday, would prevent banks from investing in, owning or sponsoring a hedge fund or private equity fund, and set a new limit on banks¡¯ size in relation to the financial sector.
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A list of those banks can be found online at winnebagotreasurer. com/participating _banks. html
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"The term banks funded their $1 billion [commitment to Fontainebleau]," Kasowitz told us.
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Propping up the banks is an inefficient way to help the economy, and that is being kind.
Matthew Yglesias » Obama Comes Out Swinging in Weekly Address
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It's clear that less advances by the banks is the one of the major factors for the underdevelopment in Orissa.
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It's clear that less advances by the banks is the one of the major factors for the underdevelopment in Orissa.
Nationalized banks’ apathy towards Orissa, especially in loan sanction: RBI report
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But in the short term banks across the eurozone might have to be closed to prevent a run on the single currency as investors speculated about which country might be next.
There's talk of an exit – but default would have catastrophic consequences
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"Blaming the banks is a bit inconvenient for a government that wants to blame the overspend in the public sector," said Greenham.
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