1.   Sanwa Bank is shutting offices in Boston, Cleveland and Atlanta.

2.   Some U.S. Senate offices were shut down Tuesday after the microbe was found in a letter addressed to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle.

3.   The company said it will shut four offices by February that are in charge of obtaining supplies in Amsterdam, New York, Taipei and Seoul.

4.   The company revealed a plan last week to close three affiliated leasing companies and shut overseas offices to cut costs.

5.   The news magazine Itogi reported that often, workers have shown up at their jobs to find their offices sealed shut.

6.   The oversupply of costly branches helped fuel a recent wave of big bank mergers, allowing rival banks to cut costs by shutting duplicate offices.

7.   The Seattle-based company already shut five offices in California.

8.   Pakistan shut its offices earlier this month.

9.   Police had ordered the office shut by Monday afternoon.

10.   Palestinian leaders and Israeli security officials warned that if no compromise was reached and Israel shut the offices by force, large-scale Palestinian riots should be expected.