51.   The bank declined, but did obtain some financial information on the sites, he said.

52.   The bank declines to reveal the size of its forward commitments.

53.   The bank has declined comment on the SFA investigations except to note that they do not concern any current Barings employees.

54.   The investment bank declined to comment.

55.   The three banks all declined.

56.   Those banks also declined to comment on their acquisition plans.

57.   This has led to a loss of deposits that the bank declines to quantify.

58.   To be sure, not all banks declined.

59.   U.S. stocks were mixed, as Citicorp and other banks declined on the prospect of lower overseas profits.

60.   Asked for further comment, association spokeswoman Claire Castagnou-Myara said the banks declined to say anything more than the terse statement for now.