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	Joseph & Moise Safra – Computers & Software – Brazil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Joseph Safra is a member of one of the wealthiest families in South America and currently runs the Brazilian banking and investment empire, Safra Group.
		But soon, Edmond Safra separated from his brothers Joseph and Moise and headed to New York where he founded the Republic National Bank of New York (which he later sold to HSBC in 1997 and donated most of his money to the Edmond Safra Foundation).
		Joseph Safra founded Banco Safra in the 60's, and today it is the 6th largest private bank in Brazil.
	www.billdoll.com /dir/p/list/top/100/2006/jm2/jm2.html (533 words)

	#119 Joseph Safra - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In mid-2006 Joseph bought for an undisclosed sum his brother Moise's 50% share of their financial empire, including Banco Safra, Brazil's 8th-largest bank, Safra National Bank of New York and Banque Safra-Luxembourg.
		Slim and Safra, among other Latin American billionaires, are also supporting a new foundation called "Latin America for Solidarity" targeted at ameliorating hunger and poverty in the region.
		Joseph and Moise's deceased brother, Edmond Safra, had a separate multibillion-dollar banking fortune, part of which he left to his wife, Lily.
	www.forbes.com /lists/2007/10/07billionaires_Joseph-Safra_STPY.html (150 words)

	Safra family considering buying Bank Leumi - Haaretz - Israel News
		Since the failure of the Cerberus-Gabriel fund to extend its option for the purchase of an additional 10 percent of the controlling interest became official, Joseph Safra and his son Jacob are reconsidering the possibility of purchasing the bank's controlling share.
		Joseph Safra, the youngest of the three Safra brothers, is responsible for the family's banking holdings in Brazil, which include Banco Safra.
		Joseph Safra was one of a group of investors, along with Frank Lowy and Mort Zuckerman, that considered participating in the original tender for Leumi in 2005.
	www.haaretz.com /hasen/spages/866025.html (623 words)

	Joseph Safra Opens Swiss Private Bank
		Joseph Safra, the brother of Edmond Safra, the controversial banker who died in a tragic Monte Carlo penthouse fire last year, is to open a Swiss private bank, following in the footsteps of his brother, who built up a large banking empire and was a key figure in Geneva private banking circles.
		Joseph Safra said 'Switzerland is an important strategic base for international banking business, and the bank can build on 150 years of experience and tradition of the Safra family.'
		Joseph Safra's new bank will focus on private banking, a sector where not just HSBC but an increasing number of other foreign banks are expanding alongside Swiss private banks.
	www.lowtax.net /asp/story/frontstory.asp?storyname=571 (597 words)

	Merrill Lynch to broker Discount New York deal for Safras
		The Safra banking family has hired prestigious investment bank Merrill Lynch to handle its negotiations to buy Israel Discount Bank of New York, TheMarker has learned.
		Joseph Safra met with Finance Minister Silvan Shalom two weeks ago to discuss the purchase, indicating the family's seriousness about the deal.
		The Safras, Moise and Joseph, also own the controlling interest in First International Bank of Israel.
	www.thestreet.com /tech/themarker/10035361.html (153 words)

	Get Rich City - Joseph Safra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Joseph Safra is a member of one of the wealthiest families in South America and currently runs the Brazilian banking and investment empire, Banco Safra (Safra Bank) headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
		Joseph and brother Moise were recently ranked number 69 on the Forbes list of billionaries, with an estimated fortune of 7.4 billion (ranked number 1 for South and Central America).
		The split is reportedly the result of Joseph launching Banco Jacob Safra, run by one of his three sons, as a competitor to Banco Safra.
	www.getrichcity.com /rich-people/rich-people-biographies/joseph-safra.html (263 words)

	Shakers: PartyGaming CEO quits over location - Marketplace by Bloomberg - International Herald Tribune
		NEW YORK: Joseph Richard Safra, nephew of Edmond Safra, the billionaire banker who died in 1999, said Monday that he was starting an investment bank.
		Edmond Safra, who died in a fire at his Monaco home, was chairman of Republic New York.
		Joseph Safra began in 1985 at Republic National Bank of New York, then owned by the Safra family, and later worked at Safra Republic Holdings in Geneva and Banque Safra Luxembourg.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/02/28/bloomberg/bxshake.php (687 words)

	DOMINICK DUNNE'S DIARY--More on Monaco death of Safra and Ted Maher (443 DAYS WITHOUT TRIAL TODAY) [Free Republic] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Safra, who is spending a great deal of time in England, is in the early stages of setting up the Edmond J. Safra Foundation prizes, which will honor in a significant manner outstanding figures in literature, music, science, and health.
		The Safra brothers and Lily Watkins Cohen Monteverde Bendahan Safra are much discussed at Rio parties, as is the suicide of Lily's second husband, Alfredo "Freddy" Monteverde.
		Safra has been linked to dirty Russian money going to Clinton [Neal Travis' New York], as well as to the Iran-Contra financing [The B in BCCI is Boland].
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3a9175400b26.htm (2052 words)

	Joseph Safra, Owner, Banco Safra, Brazil / Search / Euromoney magazine
		For many international analysts, Joseph Safra, 61, now the only member of the Safra family remaining in the banking business, has only been a shadow of his older brother Edmond, who died at the age of 68 in a fire in his apartment in Monte Carlo last December.
		Although Joseph, who runs Banco Safra, the fifth largest privately-owned bank in Brazil, might not have the same international profile that Edmond did, he is a talented banker just as his older brother was.
		Joseph has been the captain of the family bank in Brazil and ultimately of every other big business the family has been involved in in that country.
	www.euromoney.com /article.asp?PositionID=search&ArticleID=1004477 (466 words)

	Joseph Safra Opens Swiss Private Bank
		Joseph Safra, the brother of Edmond Safra, the controversial banker who died in a tragic Monte Carlo penthouse fire last year, is to open a Swiss private bank, following in the footsteps of his brother, who built up a large banking empire and was a key figure in Geneva private banking circles.
		The new bank is the direct result of Joseph Safra having been granted a coveted Swiss banking licence after Swiss authorities approved Safra's purchase of the small Uto Bank in Switzerland.
		Joseph Safra's new bank will focus on private banking, a sector where not just HSBC but an increasing number of other foreign banks are expanding alongside Swiss private banks.
	www.investorsoffshore.com /asp/story/storyinv.asp?storyname=571 (620 words)

	ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA'S TRIP TO THE BRINK -- AND BACK
		Safra's management team has been rolling out a stream of new products -- from a new CD-ROM encompassing the famed Britannica and the Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, to this week's unveiling of a free Internet search engine, in which Britannica editors will select Web sites.
		But little known is how close the venerable tome came to extinction before the unlikely Safra rescue in early 1996.
		His dramatic rescue package included $80 million in cash for the university, according to recently released Benton Foundation documents, and Safra paid down $56 million in loans from the letter of credit.
	www.businessweek.com /bwdaily/dnflash/oct1997/nf71015c.htm (988 words)

	Cidade Biz - Em meio à desassociação do irmão, Joseph Safra anaboliza banco que mantém em Genebra
		Banco Jacob Safra, que há pouco comprou instituição de Mônaco, segue mirando em paraísos fiscais
		Além da engorda do J. Safra, Joseph decidiu anabolizar o Jacob Safra, instituição suíça que controla ao lado de um de seus filhos, Jacob J. Safra.
		Joseph Safra pretende promover novas aquisições de bancos médios europeus com este perfil.
	cidadebiz.oi.com.br /paginas/35001_36000/35860-1.html (675 words)

	Joseph & Moise Safra, The World's Richest People - Forbes.com
		Brazilian newspapers report that Moise has hired an investment bank to sell his half of Banco Safra, now Brazil's ninth largest bank, with $20 billion in assets.
		The split is reportedly the result of Joseph launching Banco J. Safra, run by one of his three sons, as a competitor to Banco Safra.
		Moise has also reportedly put up for sale his stakes in Safra National Bank of New York and Banque Safra-Luxembourg S.A. Deceased brother Edmond Safra had a separate multibillion-dollar banking fortune, part of which he left to his wife, Lily (see).
	www.forbes.com /lists/2006/10/3TSL.html (188 words)

	Safras offering to sell FIBI stake to Ofer Bros
		The Safras hold their FIBI shares through FIBI Holding Company, which has seen its share price plummet by 45% this year due to the bank's losses.
		Goldman Sachs, acting for the Safras, has meanwhile offered the family's FIBI holdings to other potential buyers.
		The Safra brothers are reorganizing their Israeli holdings, with the help of Goldman Sachs.
	www.thestreet.com /tech/themarker/10040597.html (205 words)

	Safra Brother Joseph to Start Private Swiss Bank
		Safra Brother Joseph to Start Private Swiss Bank
		ZURICH, Switzerland -- Joseph Safra said Tuesday he is starting a private Swiss bank, bringing the famed Safra name back to a country once the province of his brother, Edmond, who died last year.
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	www.themoscowtimes.com /stories/2000/06/22/038.html (148 words)

	j. - Fears of attack delay Jewish center's opening
		Much of the community fled in 1654 for the American colonies after the Portuguese ended Dutch rule in Brazil and told both Dutch and Jews to leave.
		The center was funded by the Brazilian government, the city of Recife and the Joseph Safra Foundation.
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	www.jewishsf.com /content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/17114/edition_id/337/format/html/displaystory.html (313 words)

	Tres empresarios argentinos se suman a la fundación de Shakira
		Menos luces iluminarán, con seguridad, al otro grupo que se dará cita para el lanzamiento, y que son la pata financiera de la Fundación: los empresarios.
		Estarán parte de los hombre más ricos de América Latina: Carlos Slim (Telmex, la mayor fortuna de la región), Emilio Azcárraga (Televisa) y Joseph Safra (Banco Safra), entre otros.
		Ricardo Esteves (ex director del Velox, amigo personal de Slim), y Alejandro Macfarlane (presidente de Edenor).
	www.clarin.com /diario/2006/12/10/elpais/p-02101.htm (855 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Europe
		Siderurgica Nacional, also made the list of Brazilian billionaires, which is led by Joseph Safra and Moise Safra, who control Banco Safra SA.
		Forbes, in its list released today, found 793 billionaires in 49 countries worth a total of $2.6 trillion.
		Joseph and Moise Safra, Banco Safra $7.4 billion 2.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=aCQwnCs8WPAs (678 words)

	Globes [online] - Joseph Safra wants to create third banking force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Globes [online] - Joseph Safra wants to create third banking force
		Israeli stocks in NY Joseph Safra wants to create third banking force
		Tells the Minister of Finance: We'll buy Israel Discount Bank if we can merge it with FIBI, United Mizrahi Bank, and Union Bank.
	www.globes.co.il /DocsEn/did=602755.htm (63 words)

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