But his Government has been hesitant to investigate a real estate and banking scandal that has spread from the moment he took office last month.

Privatization was attempted in 2002, but failed in the midst of the banking scandal.

In contrast to most banking scandals, this one does not appear to have victimized anybody financially.

Its return on equity of 19 percent is the Street's highest, and the firm has emerged virtually unscathed by last year's banking scandals.

Others believe the archives hold documents about the church's involvement in various wars or banking scandals.

The archbishop had also been linked to a previous Italian banking scandal, which made headlines in the mid-1970's.

She is currently at work on a book about a Depression-era banking scandal in Colorado.

He said the Russian banking scandal does not yet affect "Americans in their day-to-day lives."

Inevitably, Bush or some link to him would pop up unexpectedly in what could be the most widespread international banking scandal of the century.

Could Thomas Westcott's death be related to the recent banking scandal?