71.   Banking stocks were hardest hit.

72.   Banking troubles are a sensitive subject in Thailand.

73.   Banking was aface-to-face business, so you had to be able to go to your nearest branch.

74.   Banking licences are easily available.

75.   Banking stocks were among the heavy fallers, with Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC all diving.

76.   Banking is one of the most profitable sectors in the Russian economy, with financiers benefitting from high inflation for their speculative deals.

77.   Banking stocks were among those hardest hit, with Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC all diving.

78.   Banking stocks were in the doldrums for most of Friday after Merrill Lynch published a negative note on the sector.

79.   Banking systems must be more transparent.

80.   Banking was the only lively sector, following the announcement from Bank of Scotland that it and Abbey National were in talks that might lead to a possible merger.