FIRST REPUBLIC

Investment tycoon Warren Buffett has said that messaging from the U.S. government over the regional banking crisis had been "poor," suggesting that is why confidence has not returned among consumers.    

America's largest banks moved on March 16 to shore up First Republic, easing fears that the regional lender could be the next domino to fall after collapses including Silicon Valley Bank.

A consortium of 11 US private banks, including Bank of America, Citigroup and JPMorgan Chase, announced they would deposit $30 billion into First Republic.

Chramostova signed the Charter 77 petition demanding the regime respect human rights and was banned from performing in public again.

By contrast, Gott publicly urged his fellow artists to sign the "Anti-Charter" opposing the dissidents and became the "golden voice" of the conformist "Normalisation" period of the 1980s.