Word: istituto
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...lousy banker, but at least I'm not in jail," Archbishop Paul Marcinkus, 65, told visitors two years ago, after Italy's biggest bank failure had exploded around him. The Archbishop, who heads the Istituto per le Opere di Religione, commonly known as the Vatican Bank, may not make that claim so confidently in the future. Last week a Milan judge named Marcinkus in an arrest warrant as an "accessory to fraudulent bankruptcy" in connection with the 1982 collapse of the Banco Ambrosiano, then Italy's largest private banking group...
Shortly before Antonov was arrested, Pope John Paul moved to help clear up another Vatican-related mystery. After the death last June of Milan Banker Roberto Calvi, there were revelations about curious connections between Calvi's Banco Ambrosiano and the Istituto per le Opere de Religione (I.O.R.), better known as the Vatican bank. In a papal letter, John Paul last week indicated that the Holy See would be ending its dependence on investment and speculation for its funds and would rely instead on "the spontaneous contributions of the faithful and of other men of good will...
...these were the only ingredients, the story would still be intriguing enough for a Robert Ludlum thriller. But an added element is making the scandal that has rocked the world of international finance one of the most compelling real-life mysteries of the century: the involvement of the Istituto per le Opere di Religione (I.O.R.), better known as the Vatican bank...
...pioneering therapy was developed by researchers at Milan's Istituto Nazionale Tumori, the Italian equivalent of the U.S. National Cancer Institute (which supported the study). Led by Dr. Gianni Bonadonna, who studied at Manhattan's Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in the 1960s, the Milan team picked three drugs-cyclo-phosphamide, methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil (CMF). All were known to interfere with the growth of cells, especially of fast-multiplying cancer cells. But they proved to be more active than when used alone...
...surprisingly, the Agnellis-Gianni and his five brothers and sisters-are often described as "not a family but an economy." When Agnelli tells people that he "looks after a few matters for my brothers and sisters," he refers to his stewardship of I.F.I. (Istituto Finanziario Industriale), a family holding company that looks after a sizable chunk of Italy. I.F.I, holds the family's 25% controlling interest in Fiat, plus a 50% interest in Cinzano vermouth and investments in cement, chemicals, shipping, insurance, finance, assorted hotels and real estate...