Instead, he said, the banks would prefer to see the European assets put on the block.

The banks prefer to have one person making decisions rather than having 28 clubs squabbling.

The bank prefers to send messages to large numbers of employees over the pages.

The banks may also prefer that any additional financing be part of a bankruptcy filing.

But the banks gradually preferred to lend to regional co-ops, because of their size.

The banks prefer this because it helps assure that the countries will keep up their payments.

"It will scare away some people, but of a kind that banks prefer not to have."

So many banks prefer to provide against their loans and pray for recovery.

The banks would prefer something not requiring additional money.

For understandable reasons banks prefer not to make a lot of noise about attacks.