tome 2 the billion dollar killing

série:	Polar/Erdman
éditeur:	Arrow book
auteur:	Erdman Paul E.
classement:	carton46
année:	1973
format:	broché
état:	TBE
valeur:	5 €
critère:	**
remarques:	English book this time a financial thriller of Erdman about the commodities (gold, silver, platinum, wheat and soyabeans) but particularly on gold, speculating on a big increase of value for the gold bullion (however at that time it was illegal for an American to buy gold bullions in the USA ?) >> p. 7 sic transit gloria basiliensis >> p. 13 the problem of the weakness of the dollar linked with gold; the dollar could be cashed for gold at a fixed rate of $ 35.- an ounce >> p. 47 a quick take-off at Heathrow (London airport) on those days! >> p. 64 Arab oil money = the real money >> p. 65 the fee and insolence of the Swiss bankers >> p. 66 the financier Rosen put his own money into the same projects as those in which he developed for his clients (good marketing!) >> p. 69 but how could Rosen get a credit of $ 100 mio without any particular guarantee? >> p. 76 the invoice at the restaurant "Tour d'Argent" in Paris (one of the most expensive ones) for FF 736.- mais c'est encore bon marché! >> p. 77/78 the sex party at the Crazy Horse is a bit exaggerated! >> p. 85/86 the Swiss Bundesrat (the seven gnomes) >> p. 89 the "Lohnhof" (Basle's prison) >> p. 99 the story of "dolce vita" in the prison of Lohnhof should also be too exaggerated! >> p. 137 the fixing of the gold bullion price simultaneously in Zurich and London (a crook's business!) >> p. 202 the system of the Swiss banking (description of the Swiss bank's secrecy) >> p. 234 the story with the rats in the prison is hard to believe in >> again a pleasant novel of Erdman, this time highly political and financial about the gold market, devaluation, banking, manipulation with speculation the word of the end: even good and legal banking misuse does not pay "death at Altdorf (Axenstrasse)" Information Ahmed Zaki Yamani (born 1930) is a Saudi Arabian politician who was Minister of oil (petroleum) and mineral Resources from 1962 to 1986 and a minister in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for 25 years with degrees from various institutions including New York University School of Law, Harvard Law School and a doctorate from the University of Exeter, Yamani became a close adviser to the Saudi government in 1958 and then became oil minister in 1962, he is best known for his role during the 1973 oil embargo when he spurred OPEC to quadruple the price of crude oil, during that time, Yamani gained a colourful international reputation, known in the West for both diplomatic skills and his characteristic goatee in December 1975, Yamani and the other OPEC ministers were taken hostage by notorious terrorist Carlos (the Jackal) in Vienna, the hostages were released after two days riding an airplane across North Africa, even though Carlos was ordered by his superiors to execute Yamani and his Iranian counterpart Jamshid Amouzegar in October 1986, King Fahd dismissed Yamani, he also dismissed Abdulhady Hassan Taher, who was the founder of Petromin oils (now part of Aramco) and had a major role in the Saudi oil history, the reasons for this include the Saudi government's insistence on setting its own oil policy, another reason could have been the power of the two oilmen, since they were both running the Saudi petroleum industry, in 1990, Yamani founded the Centre for Global Energy Studies, a market analysis group B) restaurant Tour d'Argent la Tour d’Argent est un restaurant français du 5e arrondissement de Paris, souvent cité comme étant parmi les plus anciens d'Europe, qu'on prétend avoir été fondé en 1582 par Rourteau, situé au 15-17, quai de la Tournelle, il est notamment connu pour la vue panoramique qu'il offre sur la Seine et sur la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris de l'île de la Cité
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