People with spare cash invest in cornmeal, avoiding banks, as cost of
San Francisco Gate - Harare, Zimbabwe -- How bad is inflation in Zimbabwe? Well, consider this: At a supermarket near the center of this tatterdemalion capital, toilet paper costs $417. No, not per roll. Four hundred seventeen Zimbabwean dollars is the value of a single

First Banks finishes $19M First Independent buy
St. Louis Business Journal - First Banks Inc. completed its acquisition of First Independent National Bank , the companies announced Monday. First Banks acquired First Independent for about $19.2 million in cash. First Independent will be merged into First Bank May 16. In late