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- noun Plural form of
bank . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
bank .
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Examples
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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) 2009
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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 2009
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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.
Law.com - Newswire 2009
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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 2009
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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.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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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 2009
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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 2012
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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.
Spending review: how did the banks get off so lightly? Jill Treanor 2010
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I don’t want to hide away in my big house watching TV by myself or with other millionaires while people are having to visit food banks or that new phenomenon, heat banks.
I’m a millionaire – this is why I’m at Davos begging to pay more tax | Phil White Phil White 2023
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