81.   A marriage with a big bank would also benefit smaller brokerage firms by boosting their capital and broadening the services offered to clients, analysts said.

82.   A senior executive from a big bank was kept waiting in a small chair outside the office of a ranking bureaucrat.

83.   A third big European bank, Deutsche Bank of Germany, acquired a presence on Wall Street by buying Bankers Trust and its Alex.

84.   ABN Amro and other big European banks face big challenges as markets slump and as they continue to lose ground to big U.S. investment banks.

85.   After earlier mergers, McBride noted, credit unions and community banks have benefited by picking up customers from the big banks.

86.   All the big banks boosted their loss reserves too.

87.   Alabama has long had a banking industry dominated by slowly-growing banks with independent-minded executives adept at keeping big Southern banks from moving in.

88.   All three big banks also have been swallowing up regional banks that often have been troubled by bad loans.

89.   All five big banks are based in Toronto.

90.   Although big banks seem the chief beneficiaries of the new rule, smaller community banks expressed support.