Before the maximum security center opened, some politicians charged that the $72 million construction and renovation project was a financial behemoth that coddled inmates.

It is not unlikely, for example, that the global equity business will be dominated by 15 to 20 financial behemoths of polyglot national origin.

Deutsche Bank, the country's financial behemoth with longstanding political ties, could hardly be overlooked in the share offering.

Some consumer advocates oppose the merger because, they fear, financial behemoths inevitably threaten ordinary consumers.

Established in 1938 as a government agency, Fannie Mae is a financial behemoth with assets greater than Citibank and Wells Fargo combined.

King blamed the bankers for the cuts, and warned of the threat of further crises unless the financial behemoths were brought to book.

Today's monster-sized mergers of financial behemoths, such as the Citicorp/Travelers Group combination, are akin to elephants mating.

Both halves of the financial Siamese-twin behemoth that was underwriting this little interstellar venture.

The major question is whether regulators will be able to adequately supervise the new financial behemoths, a process that one former top official recently likened to "bloodhounds chasing greyhounds."

The new Dow has four computer-related companies, three financial behemoths, just one oil company and no steel makers.