Bank for International Settlements Organises Secret Summit of World Bankers in Australia 7-8 February 2010World's top bankers fly in to meet at secret location - trouble on the horizon
THE world's top central bankers began arriving in Australia yesterday as renewed fears about the strength of the global economic recovery gripped world share markets.
Representatives from 24 central banks and...
Vatican Bank "Investigated Over Money-Laundering"
"The head of the Vatican Bank, Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, is under investigation as part of a money-laundering inquiry, police sources say. Prosecutors also seized 23m euros ($30m; £19m) from the bank"s accounts with another smaller institution. The inquiry was launched after two suspicious...
Bolivia's Victory Stopping Water Privatization a Decade Ago Paved The Way For European Nations To Do The Same Now
There is a photo of the Bolivian water war that is almost as iconic as the unknown hero who defied the tanks in Tiananmen Square. It shows a solitary indigenous woman, with plaited hair and pleated skirt, launching a slingshot against an implacable line of armed police.It symbolises the valiant...
Don’t Believe The Bank Lobby: Foreclosure Fraud Is Bad For Homeowners And The EconomyThe bank lobby is spreading a host of silly myths about the foreclosure fraud outbreak in an effort to downplay the scandal and minimize concerns over potential bank losses that have emerged in the blogosphere over the past month. Housing Wire’s Paul Jackson spouts most of them in his post today....
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