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1501.
Renminbi jumps by most in more than 4 years as China returns to work(ft.com)
1 points by cwwc 6y ago|0 comments
1502.
Watermarks Failed; Piracy Surges(bloomberglaw.com)
4 points by cwwc 6y ago|0 comments
1503.
Naked Ballots ok'd by Court, paving the way to Trump victory in PA(axios.com)
1 points by cwwc 6y ago|0 comments
1504.
Morgan Stanley is the sole remaining market maker on Wall Street(ft.com)
3 points by cwwc 6y ago|0 comments
1505.
by cwwc 6y ago
For background, Marks has been an ambassador for less than a year and made her fortune selling handbags (some for 40K). She is also an old friend of Trump. This story also has a lot of detail, and the story appeared in the CIA’s WIRe, a pub
1506.
Iran is planning to assassinate Lana Marks, US ambassador to South Africa(politico.com)
2 points by cwwc 6y ago|3 comments
1507.
“China Virus” makes an appearance at the UN(ft.com)
2 points by cwwc 6y ago|0 comments
1508.
by cwwc 6y ago
Point taken, and agreed.
1509.
by cwwc 6y ago
This is a great point. An additional aspect to this is developers - while living in China, I spoke with a number of officials who essentially admitted that a major aspect of "relocation" was driven by developers who purchased land
1510.
by cwwc 6y ago
[During the internal meeting] "The SEC was shown an anonymised version of Apollo’s annual report in which the buyout group said it had generated an annual gross internal rate of return (IRR) of 39 per cent over the past 30 years. “A $
1511.
Private equity managers make highly exaggerated claims; should be banned (SEC)(ft.com)
1 points by cwwc 6y ago|1 comments
1512.
The CIA sent 4 operators on a spy mission targeting China. None came back(news.yahoo.com)
8 points by cwwc 6y ago|1 comments
1513.
by cwwc 6y ago
Brilliant thought, though I hope it is untrue.
1514.
The dot-com boom returns with exuberant Snowflake IPO(ft.com)
1 points by cwwc 6y ago|0 comments
1515.
Citigroup Director Outed as Qanon “Mastermind”(ft.com)
4 points by cwwc 6y ago|1 comments
1516.
by cwwc 6y ago
Full text: Private equity groups including TPG and Apax Partners are taking advantage of blockbuster demand for corporate debt by loading companies they own with fresh loans and using the cash to award themselves a bumper payday. So-called
1517.
Private Equity loading companies with debt to pay themselves dividends(ft.com)
15 points by cwwc 6y ago|4 comments
1518.
Hundreds of Billions left unhedged by TW lifers(twitter.com)
1 points by cwwc 6y ago|0 comments
1519.
The 100 Billion Shadow FX Enigma (2019) [pdf](docs.google.com)
2 points by cwwc 6y ago|1 comments
1520.
US to Sell Taiwan Drones; Rockets(reuters.com)
8 points by cwwc 6y ago|0 comments
1521.
by cwwc 6y ago
Full text: The Justice Department ordered a digital news network based in the United States and owned by Al Jazeera, the media company backed by the royal family of Qatar, to register as a foreign agent, surprising a high-level delegation f
1522.
5 Chinese Hackers Charged by DOJ(justice.gov)
7 points by cwwc 6y ago|0 comments
1523.
by cwwc 6y ago
NASDAQ listed Pinduoduo was using faux transactions to boost order volume (a key metric it had been using to justify a high valuation). Similar to some used car sales websites in China that gave normal, brick and mortar sales locations POS
1524.
by cwwc 6y ago
Money launderers have used some of China’s leading online shopping sites to transfer billions of dollars to offshore gambling sites, police raids have revealed. People wishing to evade China’s strict capital controls, for example to gamble
1525.
Money-launderers use Chinese online shopping sites to funnel cash offshore(ft.com)
2 points by cwwc 6y ago|2 comments
1526.
by cwwc 6y ago
Brilliant way to gain access to The Economist. Kudos, maestro.
1527.
by cwwc 7y ago
Also - likely a move to gain access to large 'dark pools' of mom&pop trades (orders) so that they aren't front run on institutional block trades & et cetera.