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Regional Business and Economics Newspaper
July 1997
Focus: Banking |
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As the banking industry evolves, with new powers and interstate
branching, community banks are also changing their strategy. “Branch” and “diversify,” long the buzzwords of larger bank holding companies,
have become the strategies of choice for their smaller counterparts.
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BNC's strategy: growth plus community
values
As small banks grow, community banking
becomes regional banking
It's all in the name
Large community banks outpacing smaller counterparts
Ninth District banks and the 1997
flood
Opinion
How U.S. policy can promote higher economic growth
State Roundups
Michigan Minnesota Montana
North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin
Toil, hope, frustration mark Grand Forks recovery
Some relief in sight for cattle ranchers, ag bankers say
Is farmland endangered?
At midyear, prospects good for much of district economy
U.S. Map: Per capita distribution of federal funds, 1996
Ninth District Map:
Total percent poor, 1993
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