It makes a lot of sense for them to sell a non-performing, non-core asset and switch into a regional or domestic bank.

The low-hanging fruits in the non-performing asset (NPA) pools have been picked and any further reduction in NPA would come from resolution of the relatively intractable assets.

A person who does not feel like making fool of oneself only by saying usually to the people is most probably not often talking sense.

When they made it 2-2, I just didn't have the sense that it would totally switch the other way even though they caught up.

In hindsight we made some very bad investments in non-core businesses,

to elevate Roberts, Ayres said. ''It makes a whole lot of sense to switch Judge Roberts over to the chief justice position.