Editor’s Note (Ralph Turchiano) Re-Post Request for cross reference HSBC and Panama files. Original Post date 28 October 2012 Engineering Evil : Authenticity Still Requires further verification Being on a List does not imply guilt Current Source Info: Zougla Keep Talking… Read More ›
Christine Lagarde
Will the IMF headquarters move to Beijing?
(People’s Daily Online) 09:19, June 17, 2014 The International Monetary Fund’s headquarters may one day move from Washington to Beijing, aligning with China’s growing influence in the world economy, the fund’s managing director Christine Lagarde said early this month. Attaching… Read More ›
World risks deflationary shock as BRICS puncture credit bubbles – probability may now be as high as 20pc.
As matters stand, the next recession will push the Western economic system over the edge into deflation It is a remarkable state of affairs that the G2 monetary superpowers – the US and China – should both be tightening Photo:… Read More ›
Hungary tells IMF to leave after paying out loan
Tuesday, 16 July 2013 Hungary has announced plans to repay its bailout loan from the International Monetary Fund early and asked the organization to leave the country. The head of Hungary’s Central Bank Gyorgy Matolcsy wrote a letter to… Read More ›
Greek MPs vote in favour of charging ex-minister over tax-cheat list
Source: Reuters – Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:51 AM Author: Reuters ATHENS, July 16 (Reuters) – Greek lawmakers voted early on Tuesday in favour of pressing criminal charges against former finance minister George Papaconstantinou in a scandal over a list… Read More ›
Corruption probe moves closer to IMF chief as aide charged
12 Jun 2013 PARIS (AFP) Stephane Richard, the head of telecoms company Orange and a former aide to IMF chief Christine Lagarde, was charged Wednesday in a corruption probe related to Lagarde’s time as France’s finance minister. In… Read More ›
IMF chief Lagarde to face questioning over payout “Prosecutors suspect Lagarde of embezzling public funds “
Christine Lagarde Photo: EPA International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde is due to appear before magistrates in France investigating her role in a large payout to a businessman and politician following a dispute, a court spokesman said. The 57-year-old… Read More ›
Eurozone faces new challenge as Portugal blocks cuts
The eurozone crisis threatens to flare up again this week after Portugal’s constitutional court blocked the country’s planned austerity programme. Portugal’s Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho addresses the nation from his official residence at Sao Bento palace in Lisbon on… Read More ›
France: Socialists as scandal-ridden as predecessors
Cahuzac, Lagarde and other dubious affairs overshadow Hollande 04 April, 12:25 (ANSAmed) – PARIS, APRIL 4 – After less than a year in power, the Socialist presidency of Francois Hollande, which was hailed as an antidote to the scandal-ridden right-wing… Read More ›
Presidential anger leads to ashtray jibe: IMF Suggested a 60% Levy on Savings
Published on March 26, 2013 SOURCES with access to the Presidential Palace have confirmed that President Nicos Anastasiades at one stage did threaten to resign during tense negotiations with international lenders on Monday morning. Initial reports had Anastasiades telling International… Read More ›
TIMELINE: Bailout deal reached Cyprus: May take as much as 40 per cent
TIMELINE: Bailout deal reached Published on March 24, 2013 President Nicos Anastasiades in Brussels UPDATED 2.58am Cyprus and international lenders reached a draft deal in the early hours of this morning, which had to be approved by the… Read More ›
French authorities raid IMF chief Christine Lagarde’s home in ’embezzlement’ probe
Investigation concerns the payment of almost €400m in state compensation to a disgraced French tycoon John Lichfield Wednesday, 20 March 2013 French magistates and anti-fraud police have raided the Paris home of the International Monetary Foundation (IMF) chief,… Read More ›
Cyprus: panic as savings levy is imposed
Cypriots rush to ATMs before savings are docked as part of a bailout deal agreed in Brussels Paul Gallagher and Helena Smith guardian.co.uk, Saturday 16 March 2013 15.14 EDT Cyprus’s rightwing leader Nicos Anastasiades believes his country will default following… Read More ›
China weighs into Europe’s austerity battle: depth of public anger in the eurozone could lead to a ‘complete discarding’ of austerity programmes
Top official at China’s £300bn sovereign wealth fund said that the depth of public anger in the eurozone could lead to a ‘complete discarding’ of austerity programmes Tania Branigan in Beijing and Graeme Wearden guardian.co.uk, Friday 16 November 2012… Read More ›
Greek publisher cleared of breaking the law by printing alleged list of Swiss bank depositors
Published November 01, 2012 | Associated Press ATHENS, Greece – A magazine publisher was acquitted on Thursday of breaching privacy laws by printing a list allegedly naming Greeks with bank accounts in Switzerland. The list has touched off… Read More ›
Journalist’s arrest spreads fear in debt-stricken Greece
Critics say prosecution over a list of Swiss bank account holders reflects deeper erosion of individual freedoms. Barry NeildOctober 31, 2012 08:23 Some believe Kostas Vaxevanis’s arrest will hurt Greece’s reputation in the eyes of its international creditors. (Costas Metaxakis/AFP/Getty… Read More ›
Greek state television journalists accused the government of censorship and began a series of work stoppages
Greek journalists strike over suspension of presenters By Renee MaltezouPosted 2012/10/30 at 8:56 am EDT ATHENS, Oct. 30, 2012 (Reuters) — Greek state television journalists accused the government of censorship and began a series of work stoppages on Tuesday after… Read More ›
Greek magazine editor arrested on live radio for publishing the names of 2,000 wealthy ‘tax evaders’… all with Swiss bank accounts
Kostas Vaxevanis, editor of Hot Docs, was giving a radio interview in Athens when officers stormed into the studio saying he had to go ‘to be arrested’ Today, as he appeared in court, Greek daily Ta Nea reprinted the list… Read More ›
Lagarde-List Leaked: HOT DOC Publishes 2,059 Names from Stolen HSBC-List
Link to the : The “Lagarde List” Just the names Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Politics Monthly magazine HOT DOC managed the impossible: To get what it seems to be the content of the long-missing and infamous Lagarde-list containing the names… Read More ›
List of Swiss Accounts Turns Up the Heat in Greece
Update: The ” Lagarde List ” Linked Here October 27, 2012 By RACHEL DONADIO and LIZ ALDERMAN ATHENS — The speaker of the Greek Parliament, several employees of the Finance Ministry and a number of business leaders are on a… Read More ›
Greek editor’s arrest sought over list with Swiss accounts
Posted 2012/10/27 at 7:47 pm EDT ATHENS, Oct. 27, 2012 (Reuters) — Greek police are seeking to arrest the editor of a weekly magazine for publishing a list of more than 2,000 names of wealthy Greeks who have placed money… Read More ›
Euroland’s debt strategy is an economic and moral disgrace
The International Monetary Fund has demolished the intellectual foundations of Europe’s debt crisis strategy. A demonstration against austerity measures near the Spanish Parliament. Photo: AP By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard 4:52PM BST 14 Oct 2012 Drastic fiscal tightening in a string… Read More ›
IMF needing more Donations..Obama administration is waiting till after elections to donate tax payer money
Finance leaders back EU, U.S. to-do list to shield growth Sat, Oct 13 2012 By Anna Yukhananov and Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) – World finance leaders on Saturday endorsed a checklist of policy reforms aimed at pressuring Europe and the… Read More ›
Lagarde warns of ‘wartime level’ debt
News On Japan via Japan Times — Oct 13 Cutting public debt while encouraging economic growth will be vital in stabilizing the global economy, which is showing a slower than expected recovery, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde… Read More ›
Debt crisis: Spain’s jobless flee to Argentina
Desperate Spaniards are fleeing in their thousands to set up new lives in Argentina, preferring rampant inflation to the prospect of searching for a job in a country with the highest unemployment rate in the industrialised world. Thousands in Spain… Read More ›
