Word: branch
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with such different personalities, first began to work together in 1929 when Mr. Giannini, anticipating his retirement, looked for a leader to replace him. Mr. Walker, he thought, possessed prestige as well as brilliance and was a man of broad enough vision to carry on the dreams of the branch banking and in vestment empire which Transamerica rep resented. Soon after Mr. Giannini retired friction became apparent. Friends of Mr. Walker think that when, in the early part of 1930, he became fully familiar with the task ahead of him, he was aghast at the true situation, and has since...
...also proposed that: 1) No bank should hold the securities of corporations not earning 4% on their capital stock for the previous five years, which would eliminate many high-grade bonds from present bank portfolios. 2) National banks of $1,000,000 capital or more could have State-wide branches where State laws permitted such branch banking. 3) National bank shares must have $100 par, to eliminate cheap shares and weak holders. 4) The Federal Reserve rediscount base should be broadened by allowing loans on paper now ineligible where ten or more banks in one district combine to endorse...
...manly petition from the Congress" then found its way into the care of William, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam, who scribbled on its back, "Petition of American Congress to the King" and let it rest at Milton Hall. There his great grandson found it last year. A duplicate of this "Olive Branch" petition, with three more signatures, lies in the London Public Record Office...
Last week's sale of the "Olive Branch," only signed copy in the U. S., set a new price record for a single item of Americana.† After spirited competition with A. Edward Newton. Charles Sessler of Philadelphia, and Alwin J. Scheuer of New York, who ran the price to $52,000, Gabriel Wells, Manhattan collector and dealer whose Americana is one of the most important in the U. S., bought it for $53,000. Said he: "That will go directly into my safe. You can depend on that...
...tomb was estimated at more than $1,000,000. Museums and private collections would pay almost any amount for the trinkets. This was treasure too precious for Professor Caso to keep in his home down in Oaxaco. Last week he secretly carried them to the vaults of the local branch of the Bank of Mexico. Then he dared make his report...