1.   Although Salinas had never been formally accused of wrongdoing, rumors of possible corruption were widespread in Mexican financial circles.

2.   Andrew Crockett, a Briton who currently heads the Bank for International Settlements in Switzerland, has a solid reputation in international financial circles.

3.   Bob Prechter is best known in financial circles these days for gloomy predictions during a record bull market.

4.   After graduate school in economics at Columbia, he returned to Brazil and began a career in the high-flying financial circles of Rio de Janeiro.

5.   After graduating from Georgetown, she advanced steadily in financial circles, putting in long days as a telecom analyst with Fred Alger Management.

6.   Both men are believed to be billionaires, though they are not widely known in financial circles beyond the West Coast.

7.   But he is well connected in London financial circles, and he speaks German and French, an advantage in trolling for European clients.

8.   Far from being regarded as the British version of Good Housekeeping, the DTI is known in London financial circles as the Department of Timidity and Indecision.

9.   He knew Weill not only from financial circles, but also from their work on the board of Carnegie Hall.

10.   His departure caps the career of one of the most colorful characters in Boston financial circles.