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‘A country may have a bank.’

[⟨det country.nhave.v ⟨det bank.n⟩]

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The town also has well known companies such as Subway, Somerfield, Greggs, Coral, Focus Do It All two Euronics centres and “’Mackays ’”, “’Seconds Ahead ’”, Bet365, Barclays, Lloyds TSB, HSBC, Boots, Halifax (United Kingdom bank), National Westminster Bank.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

A dispute between the Thai government and the country’s central bank about economic policy has escalated.
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The Netherlands, Spain, Italy and various European countries also have strong cooperative banks.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The government said it bought a 75 % stake in Glitnir, the country’s third largest bank, for EUR600 million euros ($ 878 million) to ensure broader market stability after it suffered liquidity issues.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The head of the Singapore unit of troubled insurance giant American International Group Inc. has resigned effective immediately, the country’s central bank said Friday.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

AP – At least two major banks were reportedly in talks Sunday to buy Wachovia Corp., the latest U.S. bank to be the focus of investor anxiety over mounting losses tied to toxic assets.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

As both Democrats and Republicans ignore the economy, Integrity Bank of Alpharetta on Friday became the 10th U.S. bank to fail so far this year, done in by the very business it was built on – real estate lending.
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The risk – free rate is commonly approximated by the return paid upon 30 – day T – Bills or their equivalent, but in reality that rate has more to do with the monetary policy of that country’s central bank than the market supply conditions for credit.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bank regulators closed Columbian Bank and Trust Company on Friday, the ninth U.S. bank to fail this year as the struggling economy and falling home prices take their toll on financial institutions.
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In the British National Corpus:

It was revealed on July 25 that Fuji Bank, the country’s fourth-largest commercial bank, had dismissed four employees at the centre of an illegal loans scheme using forged deposit certificates worth 260,000 million yen (about $2,000 million).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

This method turned a profit for the country’s largest bank in 1993, and when markets stabilized, Sweden reaped the benefits by taking banks public again.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

(RF) Integrity Bank of Alpharetta, Ga., fails, 10th U.S. bank to do so this year.
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In Wikipedia:

The United States predicted a quick vote on a third resolution imposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program as it begins to build a case against Iran’s central bank for proliferation activities on February 25, 2008.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

China’s central bank earlier this week cut its lending rate for the first time in six years, a move analysts said was aimed at bolstering the economy and the battered stock market.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Bader Al – Sa’ ad, managing director of the Kuwait Investment authority, said Tuesday it is the responsibility of each country’s central bank to rescue financial institutions, stressing that the KIA has no intention of helping U.S. banks.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Tunisia could soon have its second Islamic bank after Best Bank, which is already working in the country.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

In 1987 the Congressional Research Service prepared a report which explored the case for preserving Glass – Steagall and the case against preserving the act. [10] The repeal enabled commercial lenders such as Citigroup, the largest U.S. bank by assets, to underwrite and trade instruments such as mortgage – backed securities and collateralized debt obligations and establish so – called structured investment vehicles, or SIVs, that bought those securities. [11] Citigroup played a major part in the repeal.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Finance cost computation For example, the official cash rate is 6 % (interest rates are set by each country’s central bank) and a CFD provider will charge an administrative premium of say 2–4 %.
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In Wikipedia:

In 1988 Mr. Jayawardena’s companies became a significant shareholder of the country’s largest private commercial bank, Hatton National Bank.
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Queried on 2013-05-23.