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  • In Xinjiang, my teacher used it to create the sound of the waves in Kanas Lake (ph) and the hoof beats of a horse.

    Master Of The Leaf: Preserving China's Music 2010

  • It's still considerably shy of the estimated $185 million each received by John Kanas after selling North Fork Bancorp to Capital One Financial Corp. in 2006 and James Kilts after selling Gillette Corp. to Procter & Gamble Co. in 2005.

    El Paso CEO Is Set for $95 Million in Exit Pay After Kinder Morgan Deal Scott Thurm 2011

  • Mr. Kanas said that his bank began holding more cash during the debt-ceiling talks, but "we have no plans to do anything that would be considered reactionary until we see where the market settles out."

    S&P Move Isn't a Shock but Adds to Gloom E.S. Browning 2011

  • Kanas was instrumental in first expanding, and then selling the Melville, N.Y., bank in 2006 to Capital One.

    Capital One Sues BankUnited CEO Kanas Matthias Rieker 2011

  • Meanwhile, John Kanas, a longtime New York banker who is chief executive of BankUnited Inc. in Miami Lakes, Fla., was hosting a dinner party for about a dozen friends at his home Friday night when he received an email about the downgrade from one of his employees.

    S&P Move Isn't a Shock but Adds to Gloom E.S. Browning 2011

  • "We are getting better performance than we thought due to a combination of ways that these loans are getting settled," said John Kanas , BankUnited's chairman, president and chief executive.

    FDIC's Tab For Failed U.S. Banks Nears $9 Billion Robin Sidel 2011

  • China's Kanas Lake "monster" was sighted a few days ago "by over 10 tourists" for about twenty minutes.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • The company collapsed last year under the weight of soured real-estate loans and was sold by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to a group of investors led by banker John Kanas and WL Ross & Co.

    BankUnited Files for IPO Kevin Kingsbury 2010

  • China's Kanas Lake "monster" was sighted a few days ago "by over 10 tourists" for about twenty minutes.

    Kanas Lake Sighting 2009

  • In the end, there were just three bidders, including the Kanas-led group.

    Secret to Bank's Comeback: A Rich Uncle Named Sam Robin Sidel 2011

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