Article: SOUTH AMERICA: WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINALS ESCAPE PROSECUTION

Article: SOUTH AMERICA: WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINALS ESCAPE PROSECUTION.
Interpress Service;  August 30, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... fraudulent bankruptcy of Grupo Velox -- which controlled the ... Jos and Juan, who owned Grupo Velox, may have misappropriated ... the entire area in which Grupo Velox operated. Paraguay's Central Bank intervened in the country ...

Article: CORRUPTION-LATAM: CHEATED BANK DEPOSITORS ANGRY AT LAW'S DELAY
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  October 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Juan Peirano, "the brain" behind the Grupo Velox business group, which went under as ... to pay back the swindled savers. Grupo Velox banks in the region offered depositors ... is set to open Oct. 27 against three Grupo Velox executives. However, in the case of ...

Article: URUGUAY: I.M.F. and U.S. AGREE TO EMERGENCY LOANS.(International ...
NotiSur - South American Political and Economic Affairs;  August 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... total deposits. This contributed to a precipitous drop in central bank reserves, from US$3.1 billion at the start of the year ... liquidity." The banks are part of the Argentine-Uruguayan Grupo Velox. Two owners, Jose and Juan Peirano, face criminal charges ...

Article: Central bank independence and economic performance.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review;  July 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... economic performance and the degree of central bank independence. Interestingly, however ... and Japan--have different levels of central bank independence. The German Bundesbank ... Why is the idea of an independent central bank popular? Are there economic benefits ...

Article: Central bank independence, inflation, and growth in ...
Journal of Money, Credit & Banking;  August 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... transitions economies suggest that increased central bank independence (CBI) is correlated with ... relationships: (i) the effect of central bank structure on inflation, and (ii ... of this paper we develop indices of central bank independence (CBI) for twelve transition ...

Article: Central bank likely to lose bid for more ...
The Nation (Thailand);  March 28, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... issues that establish just how independent the central bank will be. The decisions are the final chapter ... has been trying to maintain its power over the central bank, and a central bank that has been striving to break free. The State ...

Article: Central bank still fighting, NATION
The Nation (Thailand);  March 16, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... Chatu Mongol to threaten to resign. The central bank yesterday insisted that a clause from ... minister the authority to supervise the central bank, must be scrapped. Though both came ... The Finance Ministry has supported the central bank's independence in line with the global ...