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Senior Writer at Bloomberg News; transplanted Californian who doesn't mind London weather at all... really.
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Crypto Just Had Its Lehman Moment. What's Next?

Crypto Just Had Its Lehman Moment. What's Next?

Institutional Investor — It was bound to happen. The cryptocurrency industry, plagued with similar degrees of opaqueness and complexity to the subprime mortgage market of yore, finally had its Lehman moment. On May 9, Terra, a network of interlocking digital tokens, collapsed. Terra had come out of nowhere in 2021, but it rapidly commanded an aggregate market value exceeding $60 billion.
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Crooked Banker Tapped Professionals to Manage Web of Dirty Money

Crooked Banker Tapped Professionals to Manage Web of Dirty Money

Bloomberg Businessweek magazine — Lawyers and advisers created a network of shell companies to oversee British mansions and an Italian vineyard for Azerbaijan’s Jahangir Hajiyev.
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The Gen Z Prodigy

The Gen Z Prodigy

Bloomberg News — Yoyo Chang turned a hunch born in an English high school cafeteria into a payments app supported by serious, well-heeled investors.
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The Unsettled Life of Boris Johnson Pal Jennifer Arcuri

The Unsettled Life of Boris Johnson Pal Jennifer Arcuri

Bloomberg Businessweek magazine — Once a fixture of London’s tech startup scene, the California entrepreneur has finally found fame—being “good friends” with the British prime minister. It’s not the way she planned.
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Keeping Fake Bordeaux Out of a 6-Million-Bottle Wine Cellar

Keeping Fake Bordeaux Out of a 6-Million-Bottle Wine Cellar

Bloomberg Pursuits — With so much bogus wine in circulation, Berry Bros. employs a full-time expert on counterfeits.
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The Wealthy Are Jumping Into Bitcoin as Stigma Around Crypto Fades

The Wealthy Are Jumping Into Bitcoin as Stigma Around Crypto Fades

Bloomberg News — With Bitcoin surging more than 270% since March, the rich are ratcheting up investments in digital currencies and anticipating further gains.
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Six Things You’re Doing Wrong When Buying Stocks on Your Own

Six Things You’re Doing Wrong When Buying Stocks on Your Own

Bloomberg News — Avoid these amateur mistakes before you sink all your money into the market.
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A London Landlord Rethinks the Office of the Future

A London Landlord Rethinks the Office of the Future

Bloomberg News — Enrico Sanna is doing all he can to protect tenants in his London office buildings from Covid-19. He’s installed hands-free sinks and thermal imaging cameras in the lobbies, and every visitor gets a cloth mask.
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U.K. Dynasty Behind Primark Put to Test After Sales Dive to Zero

U.K. Dynasty Behind Primark Put to Test After Sales Dive to Zero

Bloomberg News — In the unforgiving game of retailing, the Weston family have long proved nimble players.
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Billionaire-Owned Firms Tap State Aid In U.K. Loan Program

Billionaire-Owned Firms Tap State Aid In U.K. Loan Program

Bloomberg News — Government money aimed at helping companies weather the coronavirus is going to enterprises controlled by some of the world’s richest tycoons, according to data released Thursday by the Bank of England.
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Life Returns to London’s Finance Hub — Doused in Disinfectant

Life Returns to London’s Finance Hub — Doused in Disinfectant

Bloomberg News — There are signs of life in the City of London.
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The Unthinkable Became Reality—Now We Need Radical Solutions

The Unthinkable Became Reality—Now We Need Radical Solutions

Bloomberg Markets magazine — For all of the initial hopes pinned on a V-shaped recovery, a protracted, L-shaped path looks more likely. Any social and economic rebound will require creativity.
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This Shopkeeper Knows Why Britain’s Business Rescue Fell Flat

This Shopkeeper Knows Why Britain’s Business Rescue Fell Flat

Bloomberg News — Big banks moved away from servicing small companies, but now they’re key players in the emergency plan to save them.
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Slow Pace of U.K. Rescue Loans Sparks Ire From Firms, Lawmakers

Slow Pace of U.K. Rescue Loans Sparks Ire From Firms, Lawmakers

Bloomberg News — Business groups rounded on the U.K. government’s flagship lending program for small- and medium-sized companies after a report showed banks extended just 1.45 billion pounds ($1.8 billion) of rescue finance in the past week.
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The World’s Most-Profitable Hedge Fund Is Now a Climate Radical

The World’s Most-Profitable Hedge Fund Is Now a Climate Radical

Bloomberg Green — Chris Hohn runs $30 billion, and he’s ready to force companies to change.
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All About FATF, a Global Weapon to Fight Dirty Money

All About FATF, a Global Weapon to Fight Dirty Money

Bloomberg News — The world is awash in dirty money -- and criminals who are constantly finding new ways to hide their loot in real estate, art, securities, cryptocurrencies and old fashioned bank accounts.
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Jeremy Corbyn Bets Everything on a Plan to Rewire the U.K. Economy

Jeremy Corbyn Bets Everything on a Plan to Rewire the U.K. Economy

Bloomberg Businessweek magazine — The Labour leader’s proposed reforms are part of his long battle against Margaret Thatcher and her legacy. Young people are eating it up—but is that enough?
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Why It’s So Hard for Startups to Create Wealth in Europe

Why It’s So Hard for Startups to Create Wealth in Europe

Bloomberg Markets magazine — Lawmakers across the Continent haven’t given startups the compensation tools they need to share profits with employees. That’s changing.
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Dirty Money Spotlights Role of Family Offices as Enablers

Dirty Money Spotlights Role of Family Offices as Enablers

Bloomberg Businessweek magazine — Jahangir Hajiyev was convicted of looting millions of dollars from a bank in Azerbaijan. Lawyers, investment advisers and a family office in London helped him spend his money.
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Debt King Drahi's Bid for Sotheby's Puts the Art World in Play

Debt King Drahi's Bid for Sotheby's Puts the Art World in Play

Bloomberg News — In a career defined by audacious takeovers, Patrick Drahi’s bid for Sotheby’s ranks as perhaps the most surprising of all.
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After Losing $1 Billion, a Russian Exile Rebounds With Bond’s Favorite Bubbly

After Losing $1 Billion, a Russian Exile Rebounds With Bond’s Favorite Bubbly

Bloomberg News — Evgeny Chichvarkin’s Mayfair wine shop has shaken up London’s wine scene. Now he’s adding a restaurant with $800 tasting menus
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U.K. Lawmakers Expose Loopholes in Anti-Money Laundering Bill

U.K. Lawmakers Expose Loopholes in Anti-Money Laundering Bill

Bloomberg News — U.K. lawmakers criticized proposed anti-money laundering legislation, saying the bill doesn’t do enough to force foreign owners to disclose their property holdings in Britain.
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Shipping Family Turned Money Managers Are Now Billionaires

Shipping Family Turned Money Managers Are Now Billionaires

Bloomberg News — The Cayzer family dominated shipping during imperial Britain’s heyday, survived two world wars, the collapse of the empire and fighting within the family. Their fortune may never have been larger.
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