Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Even those who thought the Grenfell innuendoes thin were impressed by the man Edward Charles Grenfell. His father was Governor of the Bank of England. His Great Grandfather was Governor of the Royal Exchange Assurance Corporation. He is the fourth of his name in direct line to be an M. P., and the third to be a director of the Bank of England. In London's busy "City" few tycoons are more potent...
...Check in bank, Senator Couzens returned to his favorite sport, Mellon-baiting. Said he: "This is a concrete piece of evidence of mismanagement of the Bureau of Internal Revenue under the greatest Secretary of the Treasury since Hamilton's time...
...Banks. In Chicago the First National Bank and its subsidiary, the First Trust and Savings Bank, absorbed the Union Trust Co. The merger created the ninth largest bank...
...Largest bank: National City, Manhattan. Largest under one roof: Continental-Illinois, Chicago...
...John Smith, U. S. citizen, decides that he may as well collect some of the easy profits available on Wall St.'s bull market. From the bank he draws his life savings of $15,000. A study of margins shows him that with this $15,000 and a friendly broker he can purchase $150,000 worth of stocks. From a study of market news he picks any five stocks which seem to be favorites of the bull operators. For example: Curtiss Aero, International Harvester, Montgomery Ward, Radio, Victor. So Speculator Smith speculates in 100 shares of each of these...