On the same day BNPParibas, a largeFrenchbank, was scheduled to meetinvestorsinRome to unveilitsplansfor Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL), a Rome-based bank it acquired in May.
And the White House may have interfered with a Department of Justice investigation into the embarrassing, illegal loans made by the Atlanta, Georgia branch of the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro.