We will use a real-life example, BNP Paribas, to see how it might work.
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Credit rating agencies are considering downgrades of BNP Paribas and two other major French banks.
In March, Jankovic beat Caroline Wozniacki to win the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
France's largest bank, BNP Paribas, has announced cost-cutting plans as it reports a slump in profits.
David Tinsley, economist at BNP Paribas, said the inflation figure was in line with his expectations.
"On balance, there's pluses and minuses in the release, " said David Tinsley at BNP Paribas.
The problems at BNP Paribas follow months of bad news in the U.S. housing market.
Martin Fridson is Global Credit Strategist for BNP Paribas Asset Management, Inc.
Anne-Laure Tremblay, metals analyst at BNP Paribas, echoes what others have said about the metal.
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Opinions expressed herein are those of Mr. Fridson and not of BNP Paribas Asset Management, Inc.
They include Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse, BNP Paribas of France and Banco Santander of Spain.
The problem is that Mr Prot was referring to the book value of equity at BNP Paribas.
He was in Manhattan for Monday's BNP Paribas Showdown, an annual one-night hit-n-giggle at Madison Square Garden.
Now the top 20 include six foreign-owned banks, among them TD Bank, HSBC, Santander and BNP Paribas.
He soon beat Mr. Djokovic in Dubai and arrived at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.
In Europe, Deutsche Bank shares dropped 3.1%, BNP Paribas fell 3.7%, UBS fell 3% and Barclays dropped 2%.
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Martin Chilcott's small British company, Clarity, had to turn away pan-European work for the French bank BNP Paribas.
In a mid-week report, BNP Paribas said production of cars and car parts in Japan is gradually recovering.
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The losses this week prompted several banks, including BNP Paribas and Barclays, to lower outlooks for precious metals.
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"The same was leveled against WTI, " said Harry Tchilinguirian, the London-based head of commodity strategy at BNP Paribas.
He estimated earnings dilution of 4.3% for BNP Paribas, 6.6% for Societe Generale and 11.5% for Credit Agricole.
However economist Ken Wattret of BNP Paribas was more optimistic about the figures.
Atsushi Ito, chief yen-bond strategist at BNP Paribas Securities in Tokyo, said the 10-year yield could dip below 0.4%.
Neither of these seems imminently likely, according to BNP Paribas analyst Anne-Laure Tremblay.
In Hong Kong, he socializes with collectors like Credit Suisse banker Tony Chiu and BNP Paribas banker Daisy Cheng.
This year, the Forum commissioned studies from Atelier BNP Paribas, Bain, Ernst and Young, Kurt Salmon, Louvre Alliane.
"Today's reading is certainly a positive development, especially in light of better-than-expected Black Friday retail sales results, " said BNP Paribas.
The latest of these is the soon-to-open hedge fund center at Paris's highly-ranked HEC Business School, sponsored by BNP Paribas.
In France, BNP Paribas fell 4.1% after saying it completed 90% of its restructuring plan, while second-quarter profit declined 13%.
That interpretation didn't sit well with the bank or with Ambac Financial Group, which had written insurance on BNP Paribas' notes.
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