Kingfisher's creditors may start seizing and selling the carrier's property, an executive with the lead bank in a lenders' consortium said.
And about a year later Morgan Stanley was the lead bank on its IPO, the deal that effectively launched the Internet into the mainstream.
Lazard advised the New York Stock Exchange in its pending reverse merger with Archipelago Holdings (nyse: AX - news - people ). (Goldman Sachs, which first brought the idea to NYSE and Archipelago, is the lead bank on the Lazard IPO).
"Citi's role as the lead bank in Google Wallet is the latest demonstration of how we are committed to becoming the world's digital bank, providing to customers the tools they need to manage their everyday finances with convenience and value, " said Paul Galant, CEO, Citi Global Enterprise Payments.
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With a Gallic esprit that irritated its allies to distraction, France has nominated Jean-Claude Trichet, head of the Bank of France, to lead the new central bank Europe requires when the single currency is launched.
And the waters were muddied last month when Deutsche Bank, one of the issue's lead managers, pondered buying the bank itself before apparently finding it too dear.
There are many people around the world of great distinction and demonstrated capacity who can effectively lead the World Bank.
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The focus is increasingly on country's own efforts to alleviate poverty, with the World Bank - the lead anti-poverty organisation - providing guidance and advice, and at times loans for specific programmes.
It could be argued that the Barclays investigation and testimony cost Bank of England Deputy governor Paul Tucker a chance to lead the UK central bank.
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The prime-brokerage sales staff cited long-standing practices at the firm prohibiting doing so when the bank is lead underwriter on an IPO, according to the people.
Weaker domestic demand and an unclear international environment should lead the Central Bank to pause its tightening cycle.
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If Bernanke can't get it right regarding the greenback, let's hope he at least takes the lead in beating back bank regulators and auditors who are still pressuring banks to curb lending and write down the value of existing and still good loans.
Bank of America profited from a big options bet it made on an alcohol-company stock days before the beverage maker announced an acquisition in which the bank was the lead lender.
Lady Wigley's contribution - as the harpist Elinor Bennett - was to lead an ensemble from the South Bank Sinfonia in the premiere of a musical tribute composed by the Parliament Choir's composer in residence, Nicholas O'Neill, Why Should We Not Sing?
Branko Milanovic, lead economist for the World Bank research group, sent me this comparative analysis based on household income or consumption surveys worldwide, adjusted for purchasing power differences.
South Korea's central bank followed the lead taken by other central banks a day earlier, slashing its key interest rate by a quarter percent, the Yonhap news agency reported.
The lead managing underwriters were UBS Investment Bank, BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo Securities.
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The affiliated banks of the joint lead arrangers, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.
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With a seven-point lead over Massa in the bank, the Englishman doesn't need to win at Interlagos but asking him to rein in his racing instincts is about as likely as Brazilians suddenly being rubbish at football.
In overtime, he gave the Nets the lead with a long jumper, and later hit a running bank shot in the lane after nearly losing the ball.
"That was a difficult time, " says George Lyman, a senior vice president at Bank of America, the lead lender.
Hartson has scored 28 goals to lead Celtic to the brink of the Bank of Scotland Premier League title.
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Gordon Brown predicted that the range of measures being taken by the Treasury and Bank of England would lead to greater lending for businesses.
There might have been no better way for the chancellor to raise the money he wanted to raise, but the fact that he has made the job of the central bank harder - at the same time as insisting it take the lead in stimulating the recovery - is indeed a paradox.
Bank of America was even weaker, losing 2.7% to lead the Dow decliners after The Wall Street Journal reported that the bank was willing to retreat from some parts of the country if its financial problems deepen.
Such an ordinance from the FPC would certainly lead to conflict between Sir Mervyn King, the retiring governor of the Bank of England, and Mr Osborne.
For example, the links between a company desirous of going public and its lead merchant bank, underwriters, stock exchange and credit rating agencies--as well as the fees they earn--are well established and easily understood.
The additional capital requirements in combination with enhanced risk management standards, in theory should lead to reduced risk of bank failures, and should decrease the interdependence between financial institutions, effectively reducing the risk of future banking crises.
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