
Alex Frangos
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@WSJ Europe Business, Finance & Economics Editor. Send story tips securely: https://t.co/2maJmgm2AI
Joined April 2009
First time to my knowledge that Warren Buffett gives on-the-record denial of any connection to the CIA. via @josephttwallace.
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Former business partner claims Gaurav Srivastava scammed millions by posing as a CIA operative; a photo op with Biden.
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RT @JamesHookway: Last week, @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared in a Russian court for the start of a sham trial, his head shaved on o….
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RT @MMQWalker: The sham trial of our colleague Evan Gershkovich is underway in Russia. They gave him the prison buzz cut. In solidarity. Ev….
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RT @ceostroff: Whatever you cook today, #CookForEvan. Share pics on social media. Share his story. Remember he remains wrongfully held in R….
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A gold pocket watch that survived the sinking of the Titanic has a new owner: a survivor of crypto’s own biggest wreck. @AABerwick
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Former executive Patrick Gruhn bought the timepiece, which was found on the body of the Titanic’s richest passenger, property magnate John Jacob Astor IV.
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South Doing All the Work in Europe’s Upside-Down Recovery
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Aided by a rapid rebound in tourist numbers, growth in the south is more than offsetting the north’s manufacturing malaise.
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“We will deliver everything you need to exterminate each other” via @AABerwick and @BenFoldy .
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Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been deprived of 12 months of normal existence; a year of missed weddings, reporting trips and travels with friends via @eliotwb.
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The WSJ reporter has been deprived of 12 months of normal existence; a year of missed weddings, reporting trips and travels with friends.
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Kudos to @JMitchellWSJ who wrote about HSBC’s gargantuan valuation on its stake in BoCom in November. The bank took a $3bn writedown on it today.
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HSBC has a big stake in a Chinese lender that it can’t easily sell and that could require a big write-down.
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The mystery revealed. "Subterfuge appears to be integral to the operation." @josephttwallace @ahirtens @CostasParis.
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A little-known trader from Azerbaijan assembled a clandestine network that moves vast quantities of petroleum to China, India and other new markets
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René Benko was a high school dropout and convicted criminal. But by 2018, he was at the pinnacle of global real estate. via @eliotwb @margotpatrick @KonradPutzier.
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Despite criminal conviction, René Benko tapped into family dynasties and sovereign-wealth funds to raise billions for Signa; a stake in the Chrysler Building.
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Behind Credit Suisse’s Fall: A Chairman’s Lasting Mark on the Culture
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Insiders and investors say the bank’s board, headed by Urs Rohner, was ultimately responsible for its fate.
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Hamas Needed a New Way to Get Money From Iran. It Turned to Crypto. @AABerwick @IanTalley
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The pivot to digital currencies helped Hamas receive large sums from Iran in the two years preceding the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.
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