11. George Moore, a former leading U.S. banker and head of the Metropolitan Opera, died at his home in southern Spain. 12. Funds left in Swiss banks by Nazi Holocaust victims will likely be distributed among needy Jews in eastern Europe, a leading Swiss banker said Thursday. 13. He then went to the Bank of England for talks with Deputy Governor Rupert Pennant-Rea and leading bankers. 14. Includes vox pops and comment from a leading banker and head of the chamber of commerce. 15. Leading bankers said they had cut loans to Brazil in recent months. 16. The gathering gets under way this weekend with a series of seminars attended by leading bankers and financial officials. 17. Yeltsin and Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin made clear that keeping the leading bankers from feuding with each other and the government is a top priority. 18. He was to meet Tuesday evening with Finance Minister Theo Waigel, Bundesbank president Hans Tietmeyer and other leading German bankers. 19. However, one leading banker acknowledged the dilemma of banks faced with prospective property investments. 20. A leading banker, Hussain Lawai, has been appointed to a newly created post of consultant to the finance ministry. |