11.   And, BofA men have kept top jobs in global and investment banking, where NationsBank historically was weak.

12.   Andrea Wasserman, who took a job in investment banking when she graduated from Cornell last May, agrees.

13.   As Bollore saw it, investment banking in Europe was booming, but Lazard was not.

14.   As head of global investment banking, Lee is responsible for such areas as global loan syndications, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and lease financing businesses worldwide.

15.   As part of the process, the fifth-largest U.S. securities firm also reorganized into two units, investment banking and asset management.

16.   As corporate banking eventually took a back seat to investment banking at Lazard, Evans began to oversee a wider range of operations.

17.   As Smith Barney moves to expand its investment banking and other businesses internationally, the firm will be playing a game of catch-up.

18.   At issue, according to Spitzer, is how the firm could change its operations to sever the link between investment banking and research.

19.   Bank of America is one bank that has a choice yet to make about whether it will compete in the big leagues of investment banking.

20.   Bank of Boston profits were buoyed by increased lending and rising fees from securities trading, investment banking and other non-lending businesses in New England and Latin America.