21.   In other trading, the Italian lira fell against the dollar and other currencies amid concern about the health of the Italian banking industry.

22.   It will spend the proceeds on marketing, trying to boost its share of the competitive Danish banking industry by capturing more corporate customers.

23.   Lower interest rates would ease company debt burdens and boost consumer spending, increasing profits in the retail and banking industries.

24.   Mechem set a possible date for hearing arguments in May, but that will be set further back because of a new filing by the cattle and banking industries.

25.   Mediobanca and its corporate allies also control a large slice of the Italian banking industry.

26.   Medlin also warned that while the U.S. banking industry is healthy, some of the standards banks are using to underwrite loans are eroding.

27.   Moreover, some financial specialists said that the merger in essence diverts attention away from the real problems of the Japanese banking industry.

28.   Ogawa said she may downgrade the whole banking industry if the plan goes through.

29.   Opponents of the measure, including Silicon Valley firms and the California banking industry, said it was an attempt by lawyers to avoid the new federal law.

30.   Rising competition in the U.S. banking industry has made the Federal Reserve committed to focusing on customer needs, Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Michael Moskow said today.