"I beg your pardon," said the offended financial arm of the Matarese.

Xerox's financial arm had a $145 million pretax gain from the sale of Navco, an auto insurance subsidiary.

It is the financial arm of the Muslim Students Association.

Commercial banks, on the other hand, were the financial arm through which Japan's industrial strategy was financed.

Before that, she was a senior vice president at the General Electric Company's financial arm.

Lessors, notably the financial arms of the auto makers but also many banks, have the bigger exposure.

Insurance is available on many of its products from the financial arm of the 4u Group, Policy Administration Services.

If the European Union really does want to develop an external policy that has some influence in the world, then it too must have a financial arm.

The group's financial arm has been investing in private equity, venture capital, and real estate around the world for more than two decades.

Centex's financial arm has given it "two earnings pistons, instead of one," he said.