21.   But the market for such loans shut down, leaving the bank stuck with an expensive sales operation and little revenue.

22.   Companies starved for capital -- some heavily indebted, but others in good financial shape -- are going under, leaving the banks with even more bad loans.

23.   Deregulation in Spain has helped make BBV lean and competitive, while a thriving domestic trade has left the bank with spare pesetas to invest overseas.

24.   Ever since Montgomery founder Thom Weisel left the bank in September, the BankAmerica unit has been roiling.

25.   Four years later, he left the bank to devote himself fully to starting a photography business that would change the industry.

26.   He said the problems of communications and settlement that had left some banks holding too much money and others scrambling for it had eased.

27.   He left the bank of his own accord, then began using information he had obtained at the bank for financial gain and ultimately to sue us.

28.   He left the bank with a man who was videotaped by a bank security camera as he stood near Gross, calmly leafing through a newspaper.

29.   He said the decision was based on the desire to move on professionally and leave a bank that refused to support her.

30.   Houston fire officials said the bayou did not leave its banks, but the heavy rain backed up through storm sewers, flooding many homes.