Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Melba Allen also wanted to become rich, and according to testimony last week in a Montgomery courtroom, this ambition led to her undoing. While state auditor, she began dabbling in her own business on the side, taking out 26 bank loans, mostly to speculate in land sales and help her husband Marvin expand his trucking business. Once installed as Alabama's $23,000-a-year treasurer, she quickly turned her new powers to personal use. Chief among them was authority over the cash in the state treasury, sometimes amounting to $550 million, which by law must be deposited...
Banker Hillary Hayes Jr. told the jury his bank in Geneva had needed funds to help local corn farmers who were hurt by last summer's drought. After loaning the treasurer $50,000, he said, the bank received $725,000 in state deposits. Businessman Clay Baker described how he arranged $175,000 in financing for Stars over Alabama, in exchange for 10,000 shares of stock. On another occasion, he said, he obtained from her a $100,000 state deposit for a bank in Tuscumbia...
...rich Iranians can afford homes abroad, Swiss bank accounts and a seemingly endless supply of imported goods. But the big question now facing the country as a whole is how much political freedom will it decide it can afford...
...Orleans International Airport does not even have a bank...
...province. He has consistently looked out for his personal interests, rather than the welfare of the impoverished majority of Zaire's peoples--reputed to be the wealthiest person in Africa, Mobutu owns the largest hotel in Dakar, Senegal, as well as a number of hotels and a large Swiss bank account...