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A financial thriller on security analyst Nicholas Neumann whose father was murdered while working for a Swiss bank. When Neumann hears that the bank has a trainee vacancy, he sees his opportunity to find the killer. He gives up his well-paid job in New York to work for the bank in Zurich and discovers a money-laundering operation by drug dealers.
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"On an early morning in November, a couple boards a private plane bound for Geneva, flying into a storm. Soon after, it simply drops off the radar, and its wreckage is later uncovered in the Alps. Among the disappeared is Matthew Werner, a banking insider at Swiss United, a powerful offshore bank. His young widow, Annabel, is left grappling with the secrets he left behind, including an encrypted laptop and a shady client list. As she begins a desperate...
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In the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and with Britain on the brink of economic ruin, a young English couple takes a tennis vacation in Antigua. There they meet Dima, a Russian who styles himself the world's number one money launderer, who wants, among other things, a game of tennis. Back in London, the couple is subjected to an all-night interrogation by the British Secret Service, which also needs their help. Their acquiescence will lead...
7) The bank
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Rourke Pub
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[2009]
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English
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Updated for 2020. Banks and their uses are described in this book, which includes details such as who works in banks, why banks are necessary, and what special equipment bankers use.
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"The bestselling author of The Death of Money and Currency Wars reveals the global elites' dark effort to hide a coming catastrophe from investors. A drumbeat is sounding among the global elites. The signs of a worldwide financial meltdown are unmistakable. This time, the elites have an audacious plan to protect themselves from the fallout: hoarding cash now and locking down the global financial system when a crisis hits. Since 2014, international...
9) Banks
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Cherry Lake Publishing
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[2019]
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English
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Banks uses the National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education by the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy. The book provides the earliest of reader's background information on banks. Simple sentence structure and word usage help readers develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a glossary and index. The My Guide to Money series uses the National Standards in K-12 Personal Finance Education by the Jump$tart Coalition...
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. There are few indictments of the American banking system as searing as Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It, written by Louis D. Brandeis in 1913. Long considered one of the major muckraking exposés of the Progressive period, it still speaks powerfully to our own times. The book led to the establishment of stringent regulations on the banking system, rules...
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Grey House Publishing
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Each volume in this series provides readers with guidance on how to manage their finances. Designed for those who are just starting out and for those who may need help handling their finances, volumes in this series outline, step-by-step, how to make the most of your money, which pitfalls to avoid, and what to watch out for, and give you the necessary tools to make sure you are fully equipped to manage your finances.
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Dr. Mohamed A. El-Erian, one of the world's most influential economic thinkers and the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of When Markets Collide, has written a roadmap to what lies ahead and the decisions we must make now to stave off the next global economic and financial crisis. Our current economic path is coming to an end. The signposts are all around us: sluggish growth, rising inequality, stubbornly high pockets of unemployment,...
