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...always felt that the parking problem was a great deterrent to sales," says Haig Agababian, assistant general manager of the Harvard Coop, the largest institution outside of the University in the Square...
...reimburses them for up to $100,000 on their lost accounts. As it happens, about 500 U.S. banking institutions carry no federal insurance, and many of their depositors could suffer in case of failure. Nonetheless, says John S. Reed, chairman of New York's Citicorp ($145 billion), the largest U.S. banking company: "To the extent that we've had difficulties, the consumer has been very well protected." When Continental Illinois got into trouble, the Federal Government even guaranteed deposits of more than $100,000. Despite those pledges, nervous crowds often line up at teller windows and begin withdrawing...
...past five years financial powerhouses, including Prudential-Bache and Shearson Lehman/American Express, have become banks in everything but name. Said Walter Wriston, former Citicorp chairman: "The bank of the future already exists, and it's called Merrill Lynch." Three weeks ago, Equitable Life, the nation's third-largest insurer, joined the parade by paying about
When Penn Square collapsed in July 1982, it blew the cover on the dubious management of more established banks. Penn Square's failure led directly to Continental Illinois' near disaster two years later; it also cost Chase Manhattan, the third largest U.S. bank, more than $200 million...
Each of the 12 Harvard players played more than 10 minutes and all of them scored in aconsummate team effort which marked one of the squad's largest margins of victory since its 1975 72-7 victory over Newton College...