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...highly improbable protagonist's role -- Peter Pan grown up? Peter Pan, a Type A investment banker? -- it is hard to imagine anyone other than Robin Williams. After all, the arc of Hook's Peter Pan -- an impish, Dionysian youngster, after a painful struggle with worldly temptation, finds his family to be the source of true happiness -- is a pretty fair summary of Robin Williams' life...
Swiss Bank wasn't alone. Dozens of banks were left holding the bag. Among those with the heaviest exposure: Midland, Lloyds, National Westminister, Barclay's, Sumitomo Trust, Credit Lyonnais, Citicorp and Bankers Trust. While most banks were plain old gullible, some claim that they were duped. "We weren't wearing blinders," explains a banker. "But maybe we should start asking borrowers to take lie-detector tests...
...pent-up selling pressure on the real estate and stock markets? If the tax were cut, my own first thought wouldn't be "Great! What can I buy?" It would be "Great! What should I sell?" And one thing we don't need right now -- ask any banker hanging on for dear life -- is more real estate for sale...
Frank said that many Americans are tired of America playing the role of "protector, banker and feeder of foreign nations...
...same time, privacy is not an absolute value. With U.S. banks being used as a conduit for drug money, for example, law-enforcement officials have pressed them to report any suspicious movement of cash. Though that may involve a conflict with traditional notions of banker-client confidentiality, many banks have been willing to comply. "The social value of helping to fight drugs outweighs, at least to some extent, the privacy issue," says Jack Kilhefner, senior vice president at Wells Fargo Bank in San Francisco...