Word: bankers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...another border by announcing that Paribas has acquired a share in the West German business bank of S. J. Warburg. "He is very smart, very brave," says admiring Frank Manheim, a partner in Manhattan's Lehman Bros. "And he knows what he wants: to be the biggest banker in France...
Harry was an ever superbly tailored local banker, Edward a forty year old retired New York business man, unmarried also, who was spending the summer in Honey Lou's guest cottage. A "safe" man. And good single man for dinner parties--so many Newport ladies were between 2nd or 3rd or 4th husbands, and extra men were so valuable for dinner parties...
...year. When European firms are willing or able to invest heavily in research, they often get excellent results. But risk capital is lacking in Europe. "In 40 years," says Sir John Baker, head of Cambridge University's engineering department, "I have never been approached by a British banker interested in discovering new technological ideas. When I'm in America, the bankers corner me and try to find out what's happening...
...measure that, among those who studied with Harvard's late Paul J. Sachs, no fewer than 16 became U.S. museum directors and curators.* The son of Samuel Sachs, a founder of the Wall Street firm Goldman, Sachs & Co., the 5-ft.-tall connoisseur started his career as a banker and wore a pearl stickpin. But his purchases were not at all conservative, ranging from Rembrandt to Saul Steinberg, Ben Shahn and Alexander Calder. He bought them all, mainly their graphic works, and used his collection to teach two generations to appreciate...
...relief of bankers and business men, the Federal Reserve Board last week moved to ease the money market and increase the supply of lendable funds. The board canceled the terms of its hotly debated letter to banks on Sept. 1, which had shut off the Federal Reserve's discount window as a source of money for any banker who hoped to increase an already high volume of commercial loans. "Credit conditions have changed," said last week's notice from the seven-man board of governors headed by William McChesney Martin...