1.   And in the last week or so, nine banks failed to meet some of their credit obligations.

2.   And with land prices starting to stabilize, investors are less concerned that more banks could fail because of their problem loans, he said.

3.   As the Texas economy deteriorated, other Texas banks failed and were bought for a tiny fraction of what Chemical paid.

4.   As the depression takes hold, banks fail and bankruptcies spread.

5.   Bank of New York chief executive Thomas Renyi acknowledged in recent congressional testimony that the bank failed to supervise the Benex accounts effectively.

6.   Because the Ministry of Finance took matters into its own hands and kept vital information to itself, banks failed one after another.

7.   Banks are not failing, they are flailing, trying to sell new products to a newly prosperous New Hampshire.

8.   Borrowers would have trouble paying such high interest rates, and banks might fail.

9.   A state court judge agreed that the bank failed to live up to its end of the deal, but a federal court rescinded that order.

10.   A smaller regional bank failed yesterday.