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Article: Rome's resurrection.(includes related article on two Italian ...
The Banker;  August 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... and, for those who thought that the Banco Ambrosiano file was archived long ago, a small ... the "bel paese" also take years. Banco Ambrosiano crashed at the beginning of August ... investors' and creditors' pockets, Banco Ambrosiano underwent a resurrection. It emerged ...

Article: Did corruption soil Vatican's inner sanctum. (case of Archbishop ...
U.S. News & World Report;  March 9, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... Even before the latest twists, the Banco Ambrosiano scandal had all the ingredients of ... bankruptcy' in the 1982 collapse of Banco Ambrosiano, the biggest bank failure in Italian ... protege, Roberto Calvi, chairman of Banco Ambrosiano. Through them, the Vatican bank ...

Article: There's a new numero uno. (merging of Italian banks Banco ...
The Banker;  December 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Investors in Banco Ambrosiano Veneto (BAV) may think there are better things to do during ... the two banks. "BAV is the result of the merger of Nuovo Banco Ambrosiano and Banca Cattolica del Veneto in 1989, and we undertook a ...

Article: Italian bank confirms talks for Citibank deal. (Banco ...
American Banker;  September 11, 1991 ;     625 words ...MILAN - Banco Ambrosiano Veneto is in talks about the possibility of acquiring an Italian subsidiary of Citicorp, a spokeswoman said. The bank confirmed ...

Article: Western Europe: Italy - Italy Enjoys The 'Draghi Effect' - The ...
The Banker;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: DAVID LANE What a difference a year can make. That thought may have been high in the mind of Mario Draghi, the Bank of Italy's governor, when he addressed the bank's annual meeting on May 31. Exactly one year earlier, Mr Draghi had stood for the first time before the packed ranks of Italy's

Article: Why Catholic Church has financial woes
Chicago Sun-Times;  January 10, 1988 ;     700+ words ... ... dear! No one seems to ask why the Catholic Church in Chicago is financially strapped ... as it pretends to be? Isn't the Catholic Church rich? Doesn't it have all kinds ... rate has fallen to 1 percent. The Catholic Church in effect has half the money (taking ...

Article: GOD'S BANKER EXHUMED; Bid to solve death riddle.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  December 17, 1998 ;     443 words ... ... Blackfriars Bridge in London in 1982. Calvi had close ties with the Vatican as chairman of the Banco Ambrosiano, in which the Catholic church had a large stake. Its collapse days before Calvi's death caused a huge scandal after it was ...