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Ex-Vatican Bank President, Lawyer Charged With Embezzlement

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According to the AP, the Institute for Religious Works reported that Caloia and Luizzo were charged with embezzlement and self-laundering between 2001 and 2008. During that time, the bank disposed of a “considerable” portion of the real estate assets. The two were ordered to pay back the bank, noted the report.

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Guest Post: FInancial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

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We have one year to go to match the longest expansion since World War II, which was the prosperous period engineered by Maestro Greenspan from March, 1991 to March, 2001. This is because the economy has been gaining momentum, however modest, from the tax cuts and deregulation. The economy has grown 2.2%

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Economic growth picked up strongly in the second quarter, with a reading of +4.2%, as momentum from the tax cuts and deregulation pushed spending and investment higher. The longest expansion on record was from March, 1991 to March, 2001, with growth of 3.6%, engineered by Maestro Greenspan. Economy The economy is on a roll!

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

After a lengthy stretch of strong economic growth and stock market gains, the inevitable correction arrived with force in the fourth quarter, culminating with a December that can only be described as “tres terrible!” A Long, Cold December I could just scream! The spread between 3 month and 10 year Treasuries is not much better, dropping to.23%

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A Decline in Personal Savings

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The BEA calculates the personal saving rate by subtracting taxes from personal income to arrive at “disposable personal income” and then subtracts personal outlays. By the 1990’s, improvements in technology and further changes to securities regulations made it easier for corporate customers to access financial markets directly.

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Data Enablers: Spreadshirt, Data-Driven T-Shirts

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“[Our founder] conceived of the innovative idea of bringing one idea on one item to a print, on-demand platform that could be easily shared and developed the first prototype in 2001,” said Hugo Smoter, chief commercial officer for Spreadshirt. market was more difficult than any other European market when it came to growth,” said Smoter.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

The dot-com bubble recession began in March 2001 and lasted only 8 months. percent of all jobs in 2001 to 11.3 By comparison, non-high-tech industries lost 689,000 jobs between 2001 and 2002 but recovered the lost jobs by 2004. We knew there was tremendous hubris in the subprime market. High-tech employment fell from 12.1

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