1.   At one coffee for major bankers last May, top government banking regulators and Democratic fund-raisers were present.

2.   The French government is banking on that.

3.   The Indonesian rupiah was unchanged after the government unveiled banking reforms in an attempt to get cash flowing back into the troubled financial system.

4.   Former Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo was charged with dereliction of duty on Thursday as part of an investigation of a government imposed banking freeze, a judge said.

5.   To underwrite higher spending, the government is banking on increases in oil and gas revenues and in foreign aid receipts.

6.   But the government is banking on the Norwegian-led peace initiative to revive the economy.