1.   Daianu said that he would like to see the state-owned banks privatized but that the economic environment made it difficult to attract Western banks as buyers.

2.   He is already respected by Mexican and foreign business executives for his grasp of practical economics, which he proved in his work in privatizing Mexican banks.

3.   Since then, the bank has been privatized again, and under its present chief executive, Jean Peyrelevade, returned to profitability.

4.   The provincial bank was privatized.

5.   This month, a panel released an interim report calling for dividing and privatizing the bank.

6.   Donald Johnston, secretary general of the Organization of European Cooperation and Development, said Friday Poland must make greater efforts to curb inflation and privatize banks.

7.   Foreign investors might also be sought as possible partners when the bank is eventually privatized, Vuinbobo said.

8.   International financial authorities have been pressing India to privatize its banks to make them more efficient and competitive.

9.   J.P. Morgan was appointed to advise on ways to privatize the banks again.

10.   Rumors have been circulating for months about which of the four major, state banks will be privatized first.