11.   Wrangling between House and Senate negotiators over the issue has stalled action on a major spending bill for the treasury department, the postal service and the White House.

12.   Particular criticism was reserved for Cronin, who oversaw the Allfirst treasury department, which consisted of Rusnak and another trader.

13.   Cost of Funds Banks in the Philippines price their products under what is known as a centralized pool of funds system handled by their respective treasury departments.

14.   Every year the state treasury department gets unclaimed property in a myriad of forms, including savings accounts, stocks, safe deposit box contents, jewelry and electronics.

15.   Hirokazu Note, assistant general manager of the treasury department with Sumitomo Bank, said the dollar may hover around its current level for a while.

16.   One way is to build up a strong and professional treasury department to invest all that cash that flows in as premium income.

17.   Satian Tantanasarit, senior vice-president of Thai Danu Bank, treasury department, suggested importers buy forward contracts if their foreign repayments come due within a short period.

18.   Satoshi Inoue, manager of the treasury department with Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, said dollar-selling by foreign investors outpaced that buying by Japanese investors.

19.   The rumors influenced trading to some extent, although they were not new, said Hiroshi Yashinami, manager of the treasury department at Tokai Bank.

20.   He is seen as well-qualified to promote reform of the powerful finance and treasury departments, and of the economy.