Barings Bank & the “Rogue Trader” Founded in 1762‚ Barings Bank (previously known as Baring Brothers & Co.) was the oldest merchant banking company in England. Barings collapsed on February 26‚ 1995 as the result of the activities of one of its traders‚ Nick Leeson‚ who lost $1.4 billion by investing in the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX) with primarily derivative securities. This was actually the second time the bank had been faced with bankruptcy. Following the collapse‚ Barings
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Grameen Bank | | |[pic] | |Type |Body Corporate (Bank Ordinance) | |Industry |Finance | |Founded |1983 | |Headquarters |Dhaka‚ Bangladesh
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dealing of illegal drugs‚ drunk driving‚ and bank robbery. Crime is an act that has been timeless and committed practically since the start of time. "Daddy‚ when are you going to buy a new car?" I asked my father‚ looking at my old car. "Very soon"‚ my dad said. It was a Monday morning‚ and I was having summer vacation. My dad took out his cheque book and wrote something on it. I asked him what was he writing. He told me that he was going to the bank for cash to buy a new car. I asked him if I
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ID : 1613946 CLASS: TUTORIAL 13 (12339) Banks play a central role in the economy‚ they create and maintain the flow of money between surplus and deficit unit and by this facilitate the process of production‚ distribution‚ exchange and consumption of wealth. If there were no bank activities‚ a large of amount of capital of the economy would be idle. Hence‚ banking activities are vital for the development of an economy. Another function of the bank is risk spreading. They transform risky asset
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This is damn serious! Really Russell? According to an undisclosed news source‚ rapper Azealia Banks claimed something that is unexpected. It’s not good news‚ but it’s really bad. She claimed that legendary and well-respected actor Russell Crowe just assaulted and choked her in his hotel room. Not only that‚ he even called her a "N****R"‚ choked and threw her out. She even said that the men in his room allowed it and felt terrible on that day. She can’t believe that none of those men are going to
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Chapter 18: Inventory Management in Blood Banks Harshal Lowalekar and N. Ravichandran Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques Area Indian Institute of Management Indore 18.1 What is Blood? Blood performs many important functions in the human body such as carrying oxygen and nutrients to the various cells and tissues of the body‚ waste removal‚ fighting against diseases‚ regulation of the body temperature‚ regulation of body acidity‚ etc. [1‚ 2]. Blood contains three different kinds of
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| Daiwa Bank | A Case Study | | Background and History Daiwa Bank‚ or Osaka Nomura Bank as it was first called‚ was founded in 1918 in Osaka‚ Japan by Tokushichi Nomura. It was created mainly to take advantage of the new capital Japan had amassed from foreign commercial ventures and domestic industrialization. Its securities division experienced huge growth in volume and profits that it almost functioned as different entity. Japanese industry spectacularly grew in the 1930s‚ but after
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__________________________________________ISSN 2319–1171 Vol. 1(3)‚ 20-24‚ October (2012) Res. J. Management Sci. Internet Banking in India Consumer Concerns and Bank Marketing Strategies Sufyan Habib AAII College‚ Barabanki‚ INDIA Available online at: www.isca.in Received 18th September 2012‚ revised 15th October 2012‚ accepted 17th October 2012 Abstract Internet banking has attracted the attention of banks‚ securities trading firms‚ brokerage houses‚ insurance companies‚ regulators and lawmakers in developing nations since the
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Why do banks and other financial intermediaries exist in modern society‚according to the theory of finance? There are multiple approaches to answering this question. The traditional view of banks as financial intermediaries sees them as simultaneously fulfilling the financial-service needs of savers (surplusspending units) and borrowers (deficit-spending units)‚ providing both a supply of credit and a supply of liquid assets. A newer view sees banks as delegated monitors who assess and evaluate
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Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail banking‚ credit cards‚ corporate banking‚ investment banking‚ wealth management and investment management services with an extensive international presence in Europe‚ the Americas‚ Africa and Asia. With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking‚ Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs nearly 147‚000 people. Barclays moves‚ lends‚ invests‚ protects money for more than 48 million customers and clients worldwide
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