In 1927 his father's business collapsed, and, rather than go bankrupt, Mercer senior turned his firm over to a bank for liquidation.

Some years later the bank handling the Mercer liquidation received a check for $300,000, enough to clear up the debt.

When he remembered that he might have not signed the check, Mercer made out another for the same amount, instructing the bank to destroy the other -- especially if he had happened to have absent-mindedly signed both of them.

The bank which held the mortgage on the old church declared that the interest was considerably in arrears, and the real estate people said flatly that the land across the river was being held for an eventual development for white working people who were coming in, and that none would be sold to colored folk.

Along Wappinger Creek in Dutchess County, past the white church at Fishkill, past Verplanck's Point on the east bank of the Hudson, to the white salt-crusted roads of the Long Island Rockaways there was a watching and an activity of preparing for something explosive to happen.

As America on wheels was responsible for an industry of motor courts, motels, and drive-in establishments where you can dine, see a movie, shop, or make a bank deposit, the ever-increasing number of boating enthusiasts have sparked industries designed especially to accommodate them.

Two millions were added to what had been set aside for it in Mrs. Meeker's lifetime, and the proviso made that as long as Brian Thayer continued to discharge his duties as administrator of the fund to the satisfaction of the board of trustees ( hereinafter appointed by the bank administering the estate ) he was to be retained in his present capacity at a salary commensurate with the increased responsibilities enlargement of the fund would entail.

It permits the state to take over bank accounts, stocks and other personal property of persons missing for seven years or more.

That bank handles most of the paper work for Diversified Growth Stock Fund, Fundamental Investors, Diversified Investment Fund and Television-Electronics Fund.

If, for instance, someone says " I buried $ 100 in the bank ", most people would not think someone used a shovel to dig in the mud.

Her second husband, Pere Milà, was a developer who was criticized for his flamboyant lifestyle and ridiculed by the contemporary residents of Barcelona, when they joked about his love of money and opulence, wondering if he was not rather more interested in " the widow ’ s guardiola " ( piggy bank ), than in " Guardiola ’ s widow ".

Scottish Borders Council is considering an application by a property developer to build a housing estate on the opposite bank of the River Tweed from Abbotsford, to which Historic Scotland and the National Trust for Scotland object.

Johnson succeeded in getting the bank appointments he wanted, in return for his endorsement of John Bell for one of the state's U. S. Senate seats.

The most easterly contains the ruins of the old castle, whilst the remains of the ancient Anatho extend from this island for about 2 miles down the left bank.

While at prep school as a boarder his mother wrote to tell him she was marrying Cecil Pye, a bank manager, and when he was at home for the holidays his new family consisted of his mother, his stepfather and Christopher, his stepfather's son by an earlier marriage.

The Corsicans were restricted from the city for some years, even though they had requested the services of the bank as peace-keeper and problem-solver.

At first there was no passenger service, for south of the station was the Akihabara cargo docks, where goods from all over the world would flow into Kanda by river and be hauled up the east bank of the canal to be ticketed at the central cargo transport window.

This frees up cashflow usable for new lending by the bank.

Suppose the bank sells its IT installations for 40 million USD.

Banca d ' Italia ( Italian for Bank of Italy ) is the central bank of Italy and part of the European System of Central Banks.

The Director General is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the bank, and acts as governor when absent.

The military dangers in such an enterprise were numerous: Marlborough's lines of communication along the Rhine would be hopelessly exposed to French interference, for Louis ’ generals controlled the left bank of the river and its central reaches.

On 13 August, the Royalists began to attack in earnest, occupying several outposts on the east bank of the River Fowey, making it even more difficult for help to reach Essex.

For example, if a bank, operating under the Basel I accord, has to hold 8 % capital against default risk, but the real risk of default is lower, it is profitable to securitise the loan, removing the low risk loan from its portfolio.

There is no standard terminology for the name of a central bank, but many countries use the " Bank of Country " form ( for example: Bank of England, Bank of Canada, Bank of Mexico ).

In other cases, central banks may incorporate the word " Central " ( for example, European Central Bank, Central Bank of Ireland ); but the Central Bank of India is a ( government-owned ) commercial bank and not a central bank.

For example, a central bank might set a target rate for overnight lending of 4. 5 %, but rates for ( equivalent risk ) five-year bonds might be 5 %, 4. 75 %, or, in cases of inverted yield curves, even below the short-term rate.

For example, a central bank may regulate margin lending, whereby individuals or companies may borrow against pledged securities.

The IMF's Financial Services Action Plan ( FSAP ) review self-assessment, for example, includes a number of questions about central bank independence in the transparency section.

Encryption is also used to protect data in transit, for example data being transferred via networks ( e. g. the Internet, e-commerce ), mobile telephones, wireless microphones, wireless intercom systems, Bluetooth devices and bank automatic teller machines.

For example, a member bank ( private bank ) is not permitted to give out too many loans to people who cannot pay them back.

One way to avoid the use of large numbers is by declaring a new unit of currency ( an example being, instead of 10, 000, 000, 000 Dollars, a bank might set 1 new dollar = 1, 000, 000, 000 old dollars, so the new note would read " 10 new dollars.

For example, the Rashtriya Janata Dal ( translated as National People's Party ) has a vote bank among the Yadav and Muslim population of Bihar and the All India Trinamool Congress does not have any significant support outside West Bengal.

For example, potential foreign investors and their executive staff cannot maintain own bank accounts in Indonesia, unless they are tax-paying local residents ( paying tax in Indonesia for their worldwide income ).

For example, a bank must verify a customer's identity and, if necessary, monitor transactions for suspicious activity.

* Cross-selling: For example, a bank buying a stock broker could then sell its banking products to the stock broker's customers, while the broker can sign up the bank's customers for brokerage accounts.

For example, many bank installations, especially Automated Teller Machines, run OS / 2 with a customized user interface ; French SNCF national railways used OS / 2 1. x in thousands of ticket selling machines.

# Some city dwellers, especially the less affluent population, had their own distinctive dialects — for example the Warsaw dialect, still spoken by some of the population of Praga on the eastern bank of the Vistula.

One beneficiary may be entitled to income ( for example, interest from a bank account ), whereas another may be entitled to the entirety of the trust property when he attains the age of twenty-five years.

Such people, who may be real but impersonated people or fictitious characters played by the con artist, could include, for example, the wife or son of a deposed African or Indonesian leader or dictator who has amassed a stolen fortune, or a bank employee who knows of a terminally ill wealthy person with no relatives or a wealthy foreigner who deposited money in the bank just before dying in a plane crash ( leaving no will or known next of kin ), a US soldier who has stumbled upon a hidden cache of gold in Iraq, a business being audited by the government, a disgruntled worker or corrupt government official who has embezzled funds, a refugee, and similar characters.

For example, a client showing proper identification credentials to a bank teller is asking to be authenticated to act on behalf of the account holder.

For example, Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world, has used trade credit as a larger source of capital than bank borrowings ; trade credit for Wal-Mart is 8 times the amount of capital invested by shareholders.

It does, however, describe the business or nature of even well-known entities, writing, for example, " Goldman Sachs, an investment bank.

Full-size dot-matrix impact printers are still used to print multi-part stationery, for example at bank tellers and auto repair shops, and other applications where use of tractor feed paper is desirable such as data logging and aviation.