1.   Axel ends up running a profitable bank that handles funds for the CIA.

2.   But someone in this city of orderly streets and profitable banks neglected to control the elements Wednesday night.

3.   Enterprise is also a very profitable bank.

4.   More profitable banks such as Sanwa Bank Ltd. held onto their gains despite the overall weakness of the market.

5.   More profitable banks such as Sanwa Bank Ltd. rose despite the overall weakness of the market.

6.   Paek and other analysts said Shinhan will remain the most profitable bank in Korea because it has less bad debt than its rivals.

7.   Price has orchestrated some profitable bank mergers.

8.   Recanati also formed an American branch of the family bank, Israel Discount Bank of New York, which he built into the most profitable Israeli overseas bank.

9.   The rise in bond yields, which increases the cost of raising money, hurt shares of less profitable banks.

10.   A growing investigation has revealed that other businessmen, politicians and banks may have been entangled in shady dealings and even murder for privatization bids and profitable bank credits.