21.   Nonetheless, one senior American banker said he was confident that the rollover talks were still on track.

22.   One senior central banker, who declined to be named, said the mix of markets and research experience is ideal experience for setting monetary policy.

23.   Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin is in talks with senior bankers to decide which banks will get a government bailout.

24.   Robert W. Pangia, the head of the unit, will remain at the firm as a senior banker, the people said.

25.   Robert W. Pangia, the head of the unit, will remain at the firm as a senior banker.

26.   Robert Jeffe and Tom Barber, two senior bankers, left Smith Barney this week to join CS First Boston.

27.   The decision by Dimon and Weill to bring in many senior bankers from Morgan Stanley has produced considerable internal disarray and soaring compensation costs.

28.   The head of the regulatory commission, Liu Hongru, was replaced by senior banker Zhou Daojiong in March.

29.   Two weeks ago, Nicholas Fry, another senior banker from corporate finance, defected to NatWest Markets, which is building up its investment banking operations.

30.   Wishful thinking, replied Rex Sherry, a senior banker at Montgomery.