BUSINESS BEAT.
Byline: The Register-Guard CORRECTION (ran 4/29/05): Michael Bollenbaugh is a professor of philosophy and biblical studies at Northwest Christian College. In an April 19 Business Beat column on page B3, his area of study was reported incorrectly. People Kevin Sullivan has joined the...

P/$ rate closes at P50.105 to $ 1.
The peso rate closed lower at P50.105 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines from P50.015 the previouos day. The weighted average rate depreciated to P50.081 from P50.013. Total volume amounted to $ 296.8 million. RCBC bonds...

BUSINESS BEAT.
Byline: The Register-Guard People Michael Vaughn has been named director of operations and leasing for Obie Industries and Fifth Street Public Market. Melanie Diamond has been promoted to director of leasing and marketing for the 27-year-old Festival Center. Vaughn and Diamond will co-manage the center....

P/$ rate closes at P49.82 to $1.
The peso rate closed higher at P49.82 to the US dollar yesterday at the Philippine Dealing System of the Bankers Association of the Philippines from P49.88 the previous day. The weighted average rate appreciated to P49.797 from P49.888. Total volume amounted to $ 722.51 million. PCCI for...

Fifty-five entries recognized at 2005 ad awards competition.
What are the trends in bank advertising? A good way to find out is to look at the results of the 2005 Ad Awards contest, which is sponsored by the ABA Marketing Network. The names of 55 winners in the 33rd annual competition were announced last month at the...

The Long and Bumpy Road to Glass-Steagall Reform: A Historical and Evolutionary Analysis of Banking Legislation. (Other Articles).
JILL M. HENDRICKSON (*) ABSTRACT. This paper focuses on understanding the role of interest groups and markets in influencing regulatory change. To that end, it first identifies the interest groups surrounding the creation of legislation that separated commercial and investment banking in the 1930s and then identifies...

Meltzer's History of the Federal Reserve and the evolution of central banking.
The only limit to a commercial bank's ability to discount is the limit to good commercial paper.... Such paper springs from self-clearing transactions.... It is the duty of the banker to discount freely for his customer in a crisis or panic.... The only limit ... is the limit to...

Currency privatization as a substitute for currency boards and dollarization.
A nation that seeks to fix the value of its currency relative to that of some other nation's currency can do so in at least three different ways: it can assign responsibility to the central bank for "pegging" the currency's exchange rate, without imposing any particular foreign-currency reserve requirement;...

More than money: for Gold Bank's Calvin Kleinmann, "More Than Money" is more than a motto. (Trustee Profile).
As part of a $4-billion, multi-faceted holding company, the Sarasota offices of Gold Bank are in the "major leagues" of the financial services industry. But in a close-knit community like Sarasota, it's the personal touch that maintains a strong customer base, according to Calvin Kleinmann, community bank president-Sarasota. ...

Sarona.
Global Investment Fund Learn how you can invest to end poverty What is the Sarona Global Investment Fund? Sarona is a social investment fund which focuses on alleviating poverty in the developing world. Most socially responsible investment funds avoid placing money in businesses...