To Amend the Bank Merger Act of 1960: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Domestic Finance ... Eighty-ninth Congress, First Session, on S. 1698 (and Related Bills), an Act to Establish a Procedure for the Review of Proposed Bank Mergers So as to Eliminate the Necessity for the Dissolution of Merged Banks, and for Other Purposes, Volumes 1-2 |
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... thing , the country is at war . The CHAIRMAN . That is a good suggestion you make there . Now , back during the ... things . The CHAIRMAN . One other question and I will yield to Mr. Minish . Was your statement that you gave to us this ...
... thing , the country is at war . The CHAIRMAN . That is a good suggestion you make there . Now , back during the ... things . The CHAIRMAN . One other question and I will yield to Mr. Minish . Was your statement that you gave to us this ...
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... things there . You have 2,000 banks , roughly , now subject to the antitrust laws . I do not believe this is an ... thing , particularly with trust accounts- the Hanover Bank was in important factor in the trust business in New York ...
... things there . You have 2,000 banks , roughly , now subject to the antitrust laws . I do not believe this is an ... thing , particularly with trust accounts- the Hanover Bank was in important factor in the trust business in New York ...
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... thing and maybe we will wait until this bill has been passed and after the bill is passed , we will go ahead . Do you have any knowledge of anything like that ? Mr. MARTIN . We have no evidence of that . Over the last few years , I have ...
... thing and maybe we will wait until this bill has been passed and after the bill is passed , we will go ahead . Do you have any knowledge of anything like that ? Mr. MARTIN . We have no evidence of that . Over the last few years , I have ...
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... thing . But an independent agency has nothing to lose . If you are correct in your assumption of independence , and there is no question in my mind about it that you are not correct but that you feel like you are , you cannot be ...
... thing . But an independent agency has nothing to lose . If you are correct in your assumption of independence , and there is no question in my mind about it that you are not correct but that you feel like you are , you cannot be ...
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... thing . Now , a Member of Congress , comes in for 2 years , 4 years , 6 years , 10 years - in and out . They have 300 things to think about all the time . They are not just thinking about banking . But this bankers lobby , is right ...
... thing . Now , a Member of Congress , comes in for 2 years , 4 years , 6 years , 10 years - in and out . They have 300 things to think about all the time . They are not just thinking about banking . But this bankers lobby , is right ...
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acquisition action amendment American Bankers Association ANNUNZIO antitrust laws application approval assets Attorney Bank & Trust bank holding company Bank Merger Act banking agencies Banking and Currency Banking factors believe bill branch BROCK CHAIRMAN CLAWSON Clayton Act commercial banks committee competitive factors Comptroller Comptroller's Congress consummated Convenience and needs corporation DAANE decision Department of Justice deposits divestiture effect exempt FDIC Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve System GETTYS going Government HANNA hearings industry involved Justice Department KATZENBACH legislation Lexington loans MARTIN ment merged bank MINISH National Bank ODLIN Office opinion Patman percent President problem public interest question RANDALL record regulation regulatory agencies ruling SAXON Security Security Trust Co Senator KENNEDY Sherman Act Sherman Antitrust Act six banks statement subcommittee suit supervisory agencies Supreme Court testimony Thank tion TODD unscrambling violation WELTNER WIDNALL ZAUN
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Page 669 - To exercise by its board of directors, or duly authorized officers or agents, subject to law, all such incidental powers as shall be necessary to carry on the business of banking; by discounting and negotiating promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange, and other evidences of debt; by receiving deposits; by buying and selling exchange, coin and bullion; by loaning money on personal security; and by obtaining, issuing and circulating notes according to the provisions of this Title.
Page 276 - The Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...
Page 617 - ... (a) RULES. — Every agency shall separately state and currently publish in the Federal Register (1) descriptions of its central and field organization including delegations by the agency of final authority and the established places at which, and methods whereby, the public may secure information or make submittals or requests...
Page 38 - No corporation shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital and no corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission shall acquire the whole or any part of the assets of...
Page 305 - ... the effect of the transaction on competition (including any tendency toward monopoly), and shall not approve the transaction unless, after considering all of such factors, it finds the transaction to be in the public interest.
Page 8 - ... of section 7 of the Clayton Act, as amended by the Celler-Kefauver Act of 1950 ("Section 7"), and as reflected in its legislative history and interpretation by the United States Supreme Court.
Page 40 - ... the convenience, needs, and welfare of the communities and the area concerned; and (5) whether or not the effect of cuch acquisition or merger or consolidation would be to expand the size or extent of the bank holding company system involved beyond limits consistent with adequate and sound banking, the public Interest, and the preservation of competition In the field of banking.
Page 350 - A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men...
Page 215 - Commission is not to measure proposals for [acquisitions] by the standards of the antitrust laws." 321 US, at 85-86. The problem is one of accommodation of § 5 (2) and the antitrust legislation. The Commission remains obligated to "estimate the scope and appraise the effects of the curtailment of competition which will result from the proposed...
Page xiii - ... information: the name and total resources of each bank involved; whether a report has been submitted by the Attorney General hereunder, and, if so, a summary by the Attorney General of the substance of such report; and a statement by the Comptroller, the Board, or the Corporation, as the case may be, of the basis for its approval.