1.   This is the largest of the wholesale Markets, and its existence has revolutionized banking business.

2.   Ambitious European bankers, meanwhile are catching on to the prospects for this type of investment banking business.

3.   Analysts said investors were impressed less by share gains than by improvements in the core banking business.

4.   Analysts said the earnings were in line with their expectations, although they said they were concerned about growth in the investment banking business.

5.   Analysts will still have to worry about alienating companies that might give their employers some investment banking business.

6.   Analysts actively participate in the process of bringing in banking business.

7.   And that may count for a lot in the changing banking business.

8.   As envisioned, the two banks would have consolidated their corporate and investment banking activities, but spun off their vast and barely profitable retail banking businesses.

9.   Banc One Corp. plans to wait for a slump in the U.S. banking business before it makes a major acquisition, its chief executive said.

10.   BankAmerica acquired Robertson last summer and Nationsbank bought Montgomery late last year, as banks sought to build up their investment banking businesses.