Abbey National executives, meanwhile, continue to argue that a tie-up with Bank of Scotland would provide the most synergies and the least overlap by combining Abbey's strength in current accounts and mortgages with the Scottish bank's prominence in lending to small businesses.
The banks, unlike the directors, have not settled).In this section Divining the future Red and redder The price of prominence Banking on Fischer New skills for an old game Mind games Reprints Related items Corporate directors: Stick 'em upJan 13th 2005The circumstances at these companies were surely exceptional, or so one would hope.
We now know that a recession was already under way.In this section Divining the future Red and redder The price of prominence Banking on Fischer New skills for an old game Mind games Reprints Related items Portfolio pollJan 13th 2005Some economists argue that recessions are typically caused by unpredictable shocks, such as the events of September 11th 2001 or a sudden rise in oil prices.
Grasset reissued Benaïm's biography, and bookstores on both banks also gave prominence to a six-pound coffee-table tome of film stills ("Yves Saint Laurent: 5, Avenue Marceau"; Abrams; $49.95) from a documentary made by David Teboul, who spent three months with his crew in Saint Laurent's atelier.
He learned the art of the deal from his mentor and predecessor as chief executive, Hugh L. McColl Jr., who brought the bank to national prominence through a series of acquisitions and a name change to NationsBank, culminating with the 1998 merger with BankAmerica, creating one of the first coast-to-coast retail banking juggernauts.
Then again, BlackBerry may just be banking on BBM's prominence as a way to build more buzz around the BlackBerry brand.
Such is Facebook's prominence that banks are willing to work for a much lower fee than usual.
The sense of change is reinforced by the prospect of new leaders at the Japanese and British central banks, and the increasing prominence of several doves at America's.In this section Brave new words Come together Mid-crisis life Cap and flayed How's my driving?
Three organizations are responsible for the Export-Import Bank's current political prominence: the Club for Growth, Heritage Action and the Koch brothers.
She is the daughter of considerable wealth and prominence -- Dallas banking on the maternal side, Texaco oil on the patriline -- but she fled from her background as quickly as possible.
