Public Money, Private Greed: The Greymac, Seaway, and Crown Trusts Affair

Public Money, Private Greed: The Greymac, Seaway, and Crown Trusts Affair
ISBN-10
000217376X
ISBN-13
9780002173766
Category
Financial institutions
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
1984
Publisher
Harper San Francisco
Authors
Terence Corcoran, Laura Reid

Description

In Vancouver , William Levine , executive vice - president of Daon Development Ltd. , which had $ 2.3 billion worth of office , industrial , commercial and residential real estate assets under its wing , appeared to see early in 1981 ...

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