The Banker is an English-language monthly international financial affairs publication owned by The Financial Times Ltd. and edited in London. The magazine was first published in January 1926 through founding Editor, Brendan Bracken of the Financial News, who went on to become the chairman of the Financial Times from 1945-1958.
Since its founding, the magazine has claimed a dedication to the international perspective through features, interviews, multi-media applications and events. The Banker is the world’s premier banking and finance resource, read in over 180 countries and is the key source of data and analysis for the industry. It combines in-depth regional and country coverage with reports on global financial markets, regulation and policy, cash management and securities services, commodities and carbon finance, infrastructure and project finance, trading and technology, clearing and settlement, and management and governance issues.
The Banker is read most widely in banks, financial institutions, multilateral corporations, central banks and finance ministries around the world. Approximately 60% of its readers are CEO/President and CFO/Treasurers of their organizations.
Deal or No Deal is a British Endemol game show hosted by Noel Edmonds, based on the format which originated in the Netherlands. The show features a single contestant trying to beat the Banker as they open 22 identical sealed red boxes assigned to potential contestants in an order of their choosing. The boxes contain randomly assigned sums of money inside ranging from 1p to £250,000. The day's contestant is selected at the beginning, bringing their box to the chair. As the boxes are opened over a number of rounds, the Banker makes offers of real money to gain possession of their box. The gameplay is coordinated by Edmonds, who communicates with the unseen banker by telephone. Contestants can either 'deal' to take the money, or play to the end, settling on the amount in their box.
The objective is for the contestant to obtain the highest amount of money they believe they can, whilst the Banker is trying to minimise the amount they have to pay out. As the game progresses and more possible final values are eliminated, both the Banker and the contestant have more information to offer deals or accept deals. The contestant faces the risk of not accepting a deal may lead to smaller deals later or the final amount being lower than previous deals offered. The Banker faces the converse, the offers made may ultimately end up being greater than the contestant would have won should the whole game be played out.
Banker may refer to:
(B.Bowersock / M.Vernon / P.Juvet)
There was a moment in time
When you said you'd be mine
Till the day
Everything faded away
We were watching love grow
Like the roses you saw
In the spring
But roses have thorns that can sting
Don't you think it's a crime
That we wasted our time
All along
Wondering where love had gone
Still alive
Still alive
I know only the love survives
Still alive
Still alive
After everything else has died
After all of the wars have been fought and lost
The battle is finally won
After paying the price, was it worth the cost
When all is said done?
First they tell you this
Then they switch it to that
They make you rich
Then they leave you flat
They say they will
Then they tell you they won't
First they know for sure
Then they've given up hope
First they give it up
And they rub it in
They go bersek
And then they're bored again
They give it up
And then they want it all
First the straight narrow
Then it's off the wall
When I thought I'd had all I could stand
Nothing turned out like I planned...