41.   But Islamabad-based foreign bankers say quick intervention by the IMF soon had them sounding a different tune.

42.   Election uncertainties are stemming the entry of dollar-denominated short-term funds but the scenario should not be cause for alarm, according to a prominent foreign banker.

43.   Finance Minister Tarrin Nimmanahaeminda told reporters the investigative panel would be separate from a committee that would include foreign central bankers to study restructuring the bank.

44.   Foreign bankers were meeting in New York on Monday to see whether the overseas lenders decide to roll over loans to local companies and financial institutions.

45.   Foreign bankers said most if not all of the debt consists of borrowings by the former South Vietnamese government.

46.   Foreign bankers say buyers will expect the issuing banks to have their financial statements audited by international accounting firms.

47.   Guo Huaiming, general manager of China Unicom, told Dow Jones Newswires the company is talking to foreign bankers about how to proceed with a public offering.

48.   In its economic heyday, booming Indonesia was a magnet for foreign bankers and builders.

49.   It is unclear whether, as foreign bankers hope, registration will increase their chances of being repaid.

50.   Many of them secured foreign funding for provincial government projects by using official backing to gain the trust of foreign bankers.