Word: chases
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Some of the coffees flirted more obviously with influence peddling. When Clinton met in May 1996 with top officials from J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo, Chase Manhattan and other major financial institutions, the President brought along his top banking regulators, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Comptroller of the Currency Eugene Ludwig. But what has made the coffees especially controversial is that in addition to traditional political donors, Clinton acted as host to foreigners and special pleaders in the listening sessions. In February 1996 Clinton met with Wang Jun, whose many businesses include an arms-trading company owned by the People...
Some 50,000 of the cash cards, also known as "smart cards," are being mailed to consumers this week by Chase Manhattan and Citibank. They look like conventional credit, debit or ATM cards, but there is a vital difference: a tiny chip that can electronically store money. A consumer first takes the card to an ATM and downloads, say, $100 onto the chip. When the card is inserted into a terminal, the chip deducts the price of a newspaper or chewing gum from the total stored on the card and adds it to the virtual cash stored in the terminal...
...densely populated Manhattan, the cards stand a better chance. Simpler versions of the "stored value" cards are already in use on city subways and buses, where they're called MetroCards. Chase and Citibank are installing readers in 500 stores on the Upper West Side so that customers can use the cards at, say, Zabar's, Gartners Hardware and an Athlete's Foot store within a few blocks of one another. The merchants so far are enthusiastic. Says Martin Vatage, assistant manager of an Athlete's Foot: "You don't have to sign anything; you don't have to wait...
Yesterday's result didn't help. Harvard (1-4, 0-1 Ivy) lost in overtime to Central Connecticut State University (2-7-0, 0-0-0 NEC) 1-0 at Silfen Field, and while the chase for the Ivy title remains unaffected, the Crimson have once again aided and abetted the other would-be bubble teams in Northeastern college soccer...
...Cambridge Police lieutenant pulled his car in front of the stolen car when the chase came to his location, along Sixth Street at Binney Street, officials said...