Word: banco
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Among the charms of baccarat is the fact that by shouting "BANCO," anyone may become the banker of a table if he wins a stake. Usually the Syndicate is allowed to do all the "Banco"-shouting. Last year however an apparently rich Cal ifornian who said his name was "Mr. Day" wanted to play bank and was graciously allowed to oust the Syndicate. On the first coup they wagered a half-million francs against Banker Day at one end of the table and a million at the other. As he dealt the cards they stood to lose...
Andre Citroen, French motorman, was again at Deauville Casino calling "banco suivi suivi." During an evening in which he lost $500,000, Madame Citroen kept chiding him. He kept retorting. They became a nuisance, were asked to keep quiet. Said Madame: "Messieurs, surely I have the right to protect my home against a madman...
...president of the Compania Telefonica and has inherited a close financial connection with the Bourbon dynasty (his father having given many a shrewd bit of advice to Alfonso XIII. in the King's early days. The present Marques de Urquijo is rated Spain's greatest banker (Banco Urquijo of Madrid...
Briefly, the Treasury was instructed to transfer $90,000,000† to the Banco d'ltalia, on the basis of which two and a half billion paper lire will be retired from the six and a half billion now circulating. Similar deflation will be continued, year by year, as an annual budgetary expense. Meanwhile the Banco d' Italia will be given special supervisory powers over all other Italian banks to compel them to accumulate a surplus equal to 40% of their capitalization...
...Italian Government decided to repay $25,000,000 worth of bonds maturing in the U. S. next February. Surprise was expressed that the bonds should be paid off without recourse to fresh borrowing. An agent of the Banco di Roma was able to explain the mystery. "Italy's financial condition," said he, "is continually improving. The Kingdom would find no convenience in again resorting to the American market because there is plenty of money at home...