11.   Steven J. Berger, a top banker at Lehman Brothers Inc. who had been mentioned as a potential leader of the firm, has left the company.

12.   The bottom line is that top bankers like Quattrone are playing a numbers game.

13.   The dollar plunged against the deutsche mark and other European currencies after a top central banker fanned speculation Germany no longer wants a weaker currency.

14.   The first symbolic strain shows in the naming of their top central banker.

15.   The dollar, meanwhile, plunged against the deutsche mark and other European currencies after a top central banker fanned speculation Germany no longer wants a weaker currency.

16.   Top central bankers and Finance Ministry officials have repeatedly denied they plan a devaluation.

17.   Yesterday, Chase dropped the first shoe, taking on a top Salomon Brothers banker to bring in lucrative corporate merger advisory business.

18.   A top banker warned that stubbornly high oil prices and a weak currency could spill over into higher prices at the corner store.

19.   A top Swiss banker appealed Friday to New York Governor George Pataki to spread the search for missing Holocaust assets to America, Europe and the Middle East.

20.   A top Swiss banker appealed to New York Gov. George Pataki on Friday to spread the search for missing Holocaust assets to America, Europe and the Middle East.