Power may justly be compared to a great river; while kept within its bounds it is both beautiful and useful, but when it overflows its banks, it is then too impetuous to be stemmed.    From LearnThat.org.  [Andrew Hamilton]

Propping up the banks is an inefficient way to help the economy, and that is being kind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Obama Comes Out Swinging in Weekly Address] Reference

It's clear that less advances by the banks is the one of the major factors for the underdevelopment in Orissa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nationalized banks’ apathy towards Orissa, especially in loan sanction: RBI report] Reference

"Blaming the banks is a bit inconvenient for a government that wants to blame the overspend in the public sector," said Greenham.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spending review: how did the banks get off so lightly?] Reference

Foreign depositors in German banks were wiped out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Welcome To Jim Sinclair's MineSet] Reference

Shares in Greek banks slumped by more than 9% on Tuesday.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference

ResultsAre shares in Irish banks now fairly valued by the market?.    From Wordnik.com.  [ireland.com Breaking News] Reference

Shares in Japanese banks, which have slightly lower levels, also rose.    From Wordnik.com.  [IBN - IT Business Net-news] Reference

Angela Merkel told the huns that their money was secure in German banks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily Reckoning Australia] Reference

Most are in Chinese banks but some are in Switzerland or elsewhere, it said.    From Wordnik.com.  [iac world news feed] Reference

Local authorities 'negligently' deposited money in Icelandic banks - watchdog.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph Major News] Reference

Until now, deposits in Danish banks had been guaranteed up to 300,000 crowns.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLIGG_Visual_Name - PLIGG_Visual_RSS_All] Reference

One in four local authorities had invested in Icelandic banks by the end of 2008.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC - Ouch] Reference

Shares in Greek banks tumbled after Greece's denial that it had mandated Goldman.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference

Stocks in Swedish banks, which are prominent foreign-currency lenders in Latvia, fell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Finance Crisis in Latvia Deepens] Reference

So far, no Latin American banks have neared insolvency - although many are owned by U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Market News] Reference

POLITICAL ECONOMY Latin American banks look to mobiles to battle crisis by Staff Writers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Energy News - Energy Technology - Energy Business - Energy and the Environment] Reference

Shares in Greek banks slumped by more than 9%, the largest one-day fall in bank shares for.    From Wordnik.com.  [British Blogs] Reference

One authority - Kent county council - has £50m deposited in Icelandic banks while more than.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference

But Latin American banks are well-capitalized in general and have reasonable access to liquidity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forbes.com: News] Reference

So in short, banks were almost to the point where they were paying you to take the money from them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lakeshore Laments] Reference

The main Irish banks have been desperately trying to hide from us exactly how big these losses are.    From Wordnik.com.  [Signs of the Times] Reference

Several other European and US-based banks have liquidated their stakes in Chinese banks in recent weeks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

The decision by the German federal government to guarantee all private savings in German banks is momentous.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC Blog Network] Reference

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 2.8% to 21805.81 on sharp gains in Chinese banks and telecommunications firms.    From Wordnik.com.  [Regional Indexes End Mostly Higher] Reference

Selling restrictions on investments in Chinese banks are expiring, prompting some investors to exit their positions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Stories - Google News] Reference

Indeed, foreign banks - including certain Chinese banks - can receive bailout money through the TARP program itself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Your Hard-Earned Money is Being Shipped to France, Germany and China] Reference

In recent months, several foreign banks have sold stakes in Chinese banks to raise cash amid the global financial crisis.    From Wordnik.com.  [ICBC, Goldman Strike Stake Pact] Reference

But, in getting to grips with the terms banks offer to small businesses, it may be ex-bankers that government must turn to.    From Wordnik.com.  [The purple scorpion] Reference

What's great news in China is that the main Chinese banks are largely unaffected by the crisis plaguing the rest of the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chinalyst - China blogs in English] Reference

The conditions should first be created where investment in Irish banks makes sense, when that happens the investment will follow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

And investors in Chinese banks have little or no say in the process thanks to the government's majority voting share in each bank.    From Wordnik.com.  [China's Changing Bank Balance] Reference

A spokesman said he was aware at present of eight London borough councils with investments in Icelandic banks which may be at risk.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

Local authorities came under fire after it emerged that millions of pounds of taxpayers 'money invested in Icelandic banks was at risk.    From Wordnik.com.  [icScotland] Reference

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are among overseas financial firms that bought stakes in Chinese banks before they went public in 2005 and 2006.    From Wordnik.com.  [Top Stories - Google News] Reference

"I would tell him to utilize these things we call banks," says Mr. Braden, who pitched a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays on May 9.    From Wordnik.com.  [Home Games: Big League Players Who Still Live With Mother] Reference

Thaksin Shinawatra Thursday thanked the military for freezing his fortune in Thai banks, thus saving it from unwise investments in stocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nation - Breaking News] Reference