Nearly 30 international banks have banded together under Citigroup's leadership to seek recompense from Enrico Bondi, the acting boss of Parmalat installed to keep the group operating and perhaps bring it out of bankruptcy.

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Sir Paul, who had been deputy for four years, took over as acting commissioner when his former boss stepped down in December.

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The European Commissioner's competition czar, Mario Monti, is acting in the same mindless, headline-grabbing fashion that our former antitrust boss Joel Klein did when he went after Microsoft.

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The three other officers suspended pending investigation were acting chief executive Ian Coleman, finance director David Taylor-Smith, and law boss Bill Norman.

BBC: Wallasey Town Hall

On the other hand, keep in mind that the minutes are written by the staff of the Board of Governors (acting as staff of the FOMC) and that staff considers the chairman to be its boss.

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