1.   Citibank, the U.S. bank, said it has received approval to set up a branch operation in Australia.

2.   Heissinger has served as director of brewing operations and senior manager of branch brewing operations.

3.   Ms. Clark was followed to the stand by Patricia De Cerbo, vice president of branch operations for the Key Bank of Albany.

4.   Still, it seemed a plausible enough target for Republicans determined to match cuts in congressional staff with trims in executive branch operations.

5.   Five of these BIBF banks, selected from geographical spread, would be upgraded to full branch operations.

6.   In addition, the new structure involves the integration of its electronic delivery channels with branch operations.

7.   The Dutch bank has blazed a trail of mergers and acquisitions to build up a full branch operation in Bangkok.

8.   What we have there is a branch operation.

9.   British bank Standard Chartered plc will scrap its branch office operations in Cambodia, reducing its business to a representative office, officials said Monday.

10.   Favila said he was not interested in setting up just representative offices overseas -- he wanted full branch operations.