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4 days ago | 
bloomberglinea.com.br | Alexander Sazonov |Anders Melin |Michaela Nagyidaiova
Bloomberg — O fabricante de armas Michal Strnad gosta de dizer que trabalha no setor de defesa. Como a Europa está se rearmando em grande escala, esse é um lugar lucrativo para se estar. O Czechoslovak Group, de capital fechado, que começou a comercializar material militar soviético sob o comando de seu pai há três décadas, triplicou de valor nos últimos dois anos, de acordo com o Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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1 week ago | 
detroitnews.com | Alexander Sazonov |Anders Melin
Weapons maker Michal Strnad likes to say he works in the business of defense. As Europe re-arms on a massive scale, it’s proving a lucrative place to be. His closely held Czechoslovak Group AS, which started out trading Soviet military material under his father three decades ago, has tripled in value in the past two years, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Alexander Sazonov |Anders Melin
An Excalibur Army Dita self-propelled howitzer outside the CSG factory in Sternberk, Czech Republic. (Bloomberg) -- Weapons maker Michal Strnad likes to say he works in the business of defense. As Europe re-arms on a massive scale, it’s proving a lucrative place to be. His closely-held Czechoslovak Group AS, which started out trading Soviet military material under his father three decades ago, has tripled in value in the past two years, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
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1 week ago | 
flipboard.com | Alexander Sazonov |Anders Melin
1 hour agoPresident Trump on Thursday is set to announce his first trade agreement since his steep tariffs last month roiled stock markets, teasing the announcement in a social media post late Wednesday night. The U.S. economy shrinks as Trump's tariffs spark recession fears Trump did not reveal the name of …
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Alex Dooler |Alexander Sazonov
Independent Swiss watchmaker MB&F’s founder Maximilian Büsser recalls struggling to sell even two ultra-luxury timepieces in the Middle East a few years ago. Last year, his firm sold 46 in the region, some worth as much as $240,000. At Dubai’s biggest mall, business has been so brisk that MB&F had only one watch left on display this January, requiring more to be shipped in from Geneva.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Alex Dooler |Alexander Sazonov
NowOp-ed: The groupthink mind virus has taken over Wall Street and Washington in the worst wayWhat happens when irrational exuberance, groupthink, and wishful thinking begin to cloud narrative, dominate the rhetoric, and shape decision-making?
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Ben Bartenstein |David Ramli |Alexander Sazonov
(Bloomberg) -- Alex Georges Tannous came across as a man with many of the trappings that might be associated with Emirati royalty: a Rolodex full of rich friends, a lavish villa in Dubai and a diplomatic passport to boot. • None These Homes Withstood the LA Fires. Architects Explain WhyBut US federal prosecutors say that was all a mirage. The Lebanese national, who pitched himself to Texas small-business owners as a Dubai prince, was running a complex financial fraud.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
bloomberglinea.com.br | Nicolas Parasie |Alexander Sazonov |Laura Cuesta |Dinesh Nair
Bloomberg — Yusuff Ali chegou aos Emirados Árabes Unidos como adolescente em 1973, quando o país tinha apenas meio milhão de habitantes. Ele abriu sua primeira mercearia na capital Abu Dhabi no ano seguinte, antes de iniciar uma expansão ocasionada por um boom de petróleo que durou anos. Sua trajetória culminou neste mês com um IPO de US$ 1,72 bilhão da Lulu Retail Holdings.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
bloomberglinea.com | Konrad Krasuki |Alexander Sazonov
Bloomberg — Cuando Jakub Zablocki, antiguo comerciante de divisas, fundó X-Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA, solo contaba con un capital inicial de unos US$75.000 y una buena idea. Trabajando en la unidad polaca de Commerzbank AG, fue testigo de la enorme demanda de los clientes de operar las 24 horas del día, un deseo entorpecido por el sector financiero polaco, fuertemente regulado.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
bloomberg.com | Konrad Krasuski |Alexander Sazonov
When former currency trader Jakub Zablocki started X-Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA., all he had was seed capital of about $75,000 and a good idea. Working at Commerzbank AG’s Polish unit, he had witnessed huge demand from customers to trade around the clock — a desire stymied by the nation’s heavily regulated finance industry.
