1.   And when Matteo meets Sophie, the daughter of a German banker who visits his house in Bellagio, he marries her and takes her to India.

2.   At the same time, a senior German central banker said that rates might fall there, which could help strengthen the dollar.

3.   But German bankers and politicians balked because Germans cannot easily pronounce the word.

4.   But Monday, German bankers and government officials found themselves scrambling just to find someone to talk to in Moscow.

5.   Even German central bankers have acknowledged the risk that the single currency will weaken against other major currencies immediately after its introduction.

6.   German bankers, insurers and manufacturers have no common strategy.

7.   German banks, in particular, want to include merchant bank debt under the government guarantee, according to a German banker, who asked not to be identified.

8.   German banks, in particular, want to include merchant bank debt, according to a German banker, who asked not to be identified.

9.   German central bankers kept that speculation alive last week when they left a key lending rate fixed for only one week rather than the usual two.

10.   German central bankers often give conflicting signals on potential rate moves, jerking the dollar in opposite directions.