Sentences with phrase «major banks sitting»

But here's the best part: the tokens are sold directly to the public, whereas on stock markets, there are major banks sitting in between the company and the general public.

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Second, the major banks are sitting on a large pile of deposits, so they have little incentive to boost rates to attract more savings, said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com.

Viewing these companies as allies rather than merely as customers from whom to make as large a profit as quickly as possible, German bank officials sat on their boards, and helped expand their business by extending loans to foreign governments on condition that their clients be named the chief suppliers in major public investments.

And late this morning, a Washington, D.C. source confirmed the information, adding that the target of one federal corruption indictment will include at least one sitting New York State judge and other individuals - all with ties to major banks...

Personally, I think that Cameron is at his strongest when he identifies quality of life as a major dirving force; the largest single component of this is freedom - the freedom to choose to work long hours in an investment bank or sit in a hippy commune strumming a guitar.

After studying law at Laval University, he went on to do a common law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto and, fairly early in his career, sat on the boards of directors of several major anglophone companies such as the Toronto - Dominion Bank and Shell Canada, something his firm says was rare for a francophone at the time.