1.   After allowing the city to borrow beyond its means for years, banks suddenly shut the spigot.

2.   He said some banks voluntarily have shut down ATMs where there was a pattern of crime, but that many ATMs have not been hit by crime.

3.   The bank shut-downs -- far from calming the waves -- have intensified speculation about the health of the industry, analysts say.

4.   The bank also has shut down several of its fancy dining rooms, which had provoked criticism from Capitol Hill.

5.   The Japanese government has promised to close or merge banks that have been weakened by bad loans, but few large banks have actually shut their doors.

6.   When the banks shut their doors this month, their media affiliates were rocked to the core.

7.   Banks have shut off nearly all loans for cars and houses.

8.   Dutch investment bank ING Barings shut down its three-year-old stockbroking and equities operations in India.

9.   Many banks shut down nationwide for two hours Thursday to protest a rash of brutal holdups.

10.   Many shops were closed in the town center, banks shut during the funerals and Union Jacks flew at half mast.