Long sued Bank of America and West Asset Management, a unit of West Corp.

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Thirty-three of the 48 American banks that offer international remittance services are in the mid-west, and America's bank regulators are encouraging the efforts.

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Making that question yet more vexed, the Israeli government is considering a non-binding referendum on America's proposal for a small, staged withdrawal from the West Bank.

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Indeed, Bank of America itself still has a few gaps, such as parts of the mid-west.

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