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...Voice clip of Riad Salameh Well, of course, I don’t think I can match with Ponzi or Madoff. They are much more greedier than me. But we are a central bank. We are not an investment bank....
...I owe it to the public to share my concerns.” The indecision over Salameh’s replacement is the latest act of the chronic dysfunction that has dragged Lebanon close to the financial abyss....
...“I don’t think the issue of appointing a new governor is even on the table anymore,” said deputy prime minister Saade Chami....
...“I used to be a teacher,” she said. “Now, I’m begging for my children’s breakfast . . . while [Lebanon’s leaders] sit in their golden palaces.”...
...“To politicians, I ask that you no longer link monetary matters to political manoeuvring,” he said....
...“I have done nothing wrong,” Aoun told reporters after leaving a hearing held by the judiciary’s disciplinary council. “They are punishing me for doing my job.”...
...“I cannot make the audit public, but I gave it to the right authorities, they can use it as they wish,” he said. Salameh’s personal wealth has also contributed to speculation about his conduct....
...In fact, I have commissioned an audit firm to examine my wealth and its source....
...“I’ve never heard that the governor can make up a number,” he said. The BdL did not respond to requests for comment. Deloitte declined to comment and EY did not respond to requests for comment....
...Riad Salameh, the central bank governor, has argued that depositors are choosing to take a haircut when they withdraw or sell bankers’ cheques, and that their deposits are safe....
...I have always earned my money legitimately,” he told the FT....
...“I am watching . . . the whole system, throwing fireballs like in Harry Potter,” said Roy Badaro, a Lebanese economist. “I don’t know who is Harry Potter and who is Voldemort.”...
...“I am not an infidel”, it said. The song goes on: “Hunger is the infidel.”...
...“I noticed that Play-Doh now comes in amazing colours. As a company, we love the playful use of colour and bold geometric forms.”...
...“I don’t see it so much as active versus passive. I see it as low cost versus high cost,” he says....
...whose working conditions are trying in the extreme and whose resources are often limited, to match the poise, purity and finesse of Napa — though some, such as Domaine Wardy’s talented winemaker Diana Salameh...
...In the latest in our series, mountaineer Mostafa Salameh explains why he never flies without his Koran I never leave home without a copy of the Koran — and some techno music....
...“I’ve been making sure there are no pools of water around my place, that everything’s taken care of. We’ve had the NEA come around, which has made us feel safer.”...
...But the Turks will not give up on the opposition completely — it is not in their strategic interest,” said Ezzedine al-Salameh, a leader in the rebel group Fastaqem Kama Umirt....
...“I am 100 per cent certain that Byblos Bank is not being used [by the Iranian government to avoid sanctions] and 95 per cent certain that other banks are not being used.”...
...I offer a different, equally unsatisfactory answer every time....
...Riad Salameh, the central bank governor, told Reuters last month that Lebanese banks’ exposure to Syria alone had cost them $400m....
...“I decided to make changes in economic administration. We wanted [the minister] to be much more powerful and manage the economy by a single hand,” the prime minister said as he announced the changes....
...I had not particularly appreciated Danny Worters as an actor before this....
...It is also true, diplomats say, that General Hilmi Ozkok, chief of the general staff, is a democrat who supports the changes that will facilitate Turkey's accession to the EU....
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