1.   As part of the settlement of that lawsuit, the Austrian banks assigned their claims to the victims, who were to be compensated by Germany.

2.   A lawyer for two Austrian banks said Thursday that the institutions are circulating a proposal that could would settle Holocaust-era claims against the banks.

3.   A spokesman for the Austrian bank, however, would not confirm it.

4.   Credit Suisse dropped its bid last year for Creditanstalt-Bankverein, an Austrian bank.

5.   In addition, Fallon is on the board of Allied Irish Banks PLC and is on the advisory board of Creditanstalt-Bankverein, the Austrian bank.

6.   In fact, my translator said, the speaker was criticizing the gap between the pay of Austrian bank presidents and working stiffs.

7.   It is the most significant move by an Austrian bank into the Russian securities business and is a major boost for the three-year-old Grant brokerage.

8.   Kram had refused to dismiss pending lawsuits because a few involved Holocaust victims who had made claims against Austrian banks in a separate class action lawsuit.

9.   Other Austrian banks in Croatia include Raiffeisen Zentralbank Oesterreich AG and Oesterreichische Volksbanken AG.

10.   The Austrian bank Raiffeisen Zentralbank Group, a leading lender across the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, is moving to set up in Yugoslavia.