The truck was delivering the cash to a bank in central Frankfurt when the 23-year-old French driver pulled into a car park and pulled a gun on his colleague.
Under new management, the Bank has shown itself to be much more fleet-footed than the tyro European Central Bank in Frankfurt.
The French, still smarting over the loss of the European Central Bank to Frankfurt, may demand that such a body be located in Paris.
In this August 6, 2009 file photo, the sun is reflected on the facade of the European Central Bank ECB Tower, seen through the Euro symbol, in Frankfurt, central Germany.
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The central bankers in Frankfurt have, from the bank's inception, been determined to acquire a reputation for price stability akin to that previously enjoyed by the German Bundesbank.
They have yielded powers not just to Brussels, but to independent central banks (for 11 of them, to the European Central Bank in Frankfurt), and to sub-national governments in their own regions.
But a final lesson from this week's votes is that it is no longer any good seeking to impose reform from outside, whether via the commission, the European Central Bank in Frankfurt or preaching by Britain's Tony Blair.
That will be decided by one supranational European central bank, based in Frankfurt.
The fundamental economic picture looks like a good one for commodities markets with global economic growth reaccelerating and central banks from Washington to Frankfurt, London and Tokyo embarked on unconventional monetary policy to spur growth.
Thus the role of the Frankfurt-based European Central Bank (ECB) grows larger.
As OPEC gathered in Beirut, the European Central Bank (ECB) met in Frankfurt to consider its response.
From January, rates in Ireland will be set from Frankfurt, by the European Central Bank, with the needs of France and Germany mainly in mind.
In Frankfurt, where the European Central Bank (ECB) has its headquarters, thousands of protesters marched through the streets in a demonstration against the austerity policies of EU governments.
More than 5, 000 protestors gathered in Frankfurt outside the headquarters of the European Central Bank.
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Mr. Lew will travel to Frankfurt later Monday to meet with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi.
Only 0.2% managed to identify Frankfurt as the site of the future European central bank.
The City's cluster of financial expertise, then, should keep it ahead of Frankfurt, the site of the new European central bank and the place most often touted as a rival to London.
And it's something of short economic independence if monetary policy is controlled by a central bank in a foreign city, be it London or Frankfurt.
The regional government in the state of Hesse recommended the main skyscrapers in Frankfurt, Germany's financial capital and home to the European Central Bank, close on Wednesday.
Interestingly, the German central bank, the Bundesbank, on Wednesday said it is bringing back to Frankfurt a significant portion of its gold reserves that have been stored in New York City, and all of its reserves held in France.
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European stocks rose to a four-month high Monday as European Central Bank President Mario Draghi meets with U.S Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in Frankfurt today.
Those detained in Frankfurt, Germany, had weapons and a video tape that appeared to register the layout of central Strasbourg's streets.
In his speech in Frankfurt, Bernanke left the door open to new interest -rate cuts, saying the world's central banks stand ready to take more steps if necessary.
India is in "a sweet spot right now, " given where the yields are in the rest of the region and the flexibility the central bank has to cut, said Thomas Kemmsies, head of fixed income at Nomura Asset Management Deutschland KAG in Frankfurt.
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