101.   It is very unlikely that another bank will make a public hostile bid for First Interstate, rather than trying to arrange a friendly deal.

102.   It said that contributed to the losses suffered by municipalities, which relied on the bank to make payments to their bondholders.

103.   It said that contributed to the losses suffered by municipalities which relied on the bank to make payments to their bondholders.

104.   Katsuyuki Sugita, who is to become president of Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank Ltd. later this month, admitted the bank made loans to other corporate racketeers.

105.   Kopnisky and McMullen declined to discuss the fee arrangement that their banks have made with Schwab.

106.   Like the Fed, the Bank of Japan normally targets the interest rate on overnight loans that banks make to each other.

107.   Last summer, federal regulators reviewed large loans made by banks across the nation.

108.   Lingering concern about Japanese banks will also make investors hesitant to buy the yen aggressively, Kanazawa added.

109.   Lower rates tend to stimulate the economy, because banks make loans more freely and at lower costs to businesses and consumers.

110.   Many banks have long made it easy for children to open savings accounts, by waiving minimum balances and service fees.