Axel Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner says: “Axel Springer was founded in 1946 under a British press licence. He built his company inspired by the tradition of Fleet Street. The Telegraph was his North Star.
If you're spending £575 million on a newspaper maybe ask a subeditor to have a quick look at your quote before you publish it in a press release?
For decades, Goldman Sachs hid its inner workings behind a thick veil of discretion. A former CEO telling all in a memoir was unimaginable. Lloyd Blankfein's "Streetwise" lifts the lid on his Wall Street career - and reminds us that Goldman is now a bit more ordinary.
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For decades, Goldman Sachs hid its inner workings behind a thick veil of discretion. A former CEO telling all in a memoir was unimaginable. Lloyd Blankfein's "Streetwise" lifts the lid on his Wall Street career - and reminds us that Goldman is now a bit more ordinary.
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Oh definitely. The same hedgies buy remote plots in New Zealand as apocalypse insurance. But surely the point of being rich is that when the shit hits the fan you don’t have to fly into a war zone to optimise your tax bill?
Wealthy Dubai residents race back to UAE to avoid tax bills Some risk spending too few days in the emirate and too many in the UK
Questioning the premise that anyone who feels the need to do this can truly be considered “wealthy”.
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Exclusive: US military investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on February 28 but have not yet reached a final conclusion or completed their investigation reut.rs/40b19JN
President Donald Trump’s team has said repeatedly that they want the world to use American AI, and the draft rules aren’t meant to function as an Nvidia export ban. Rather, the regulation would set up the US government as gatekeeper for the AI industry: Companies — and in some cases, their governments — would have to seek the blessing of the US Commerce Department to buy the precious accelerators. How Trump’s team decides to dole out those licenses would then determine whether countries are able to build critical digital infrastructure, technology that many world leaders see as key to economic growth, corporate competitiveness and military sovereignty.
Welcome to the high-tech extractive state.
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New worst episode of The Apprentice just dropped
The war of theocracies
lots still unclear
Either way, this is not going to help get ships moving through the Strait of Hormuz
Trying to think of the last time a submarine sank a ship. Maybe 1982 during the Falklands conflict. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
From Breakingviews - Breakingviews - Private credit pioneers see downside of redemption reut.rs/4b1t43L
🎧 It’s easy to be glum about Africa as it grapples with US tariffs, cuts to aid, and climate change.
Yet Joe Studwell, author of ‘How Africa Works’, says the conditions for development are in place.
He tells @petertl.bsky.social on The Big View why he’s optimistic.
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🔊New episode of THE BIG VIEW🎧: I talked to Joe Studwell, about his new book "How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World's Last Developmental Frontier". We discussed how the project started by mistake, the continent's development, and why he's optimistic.
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agreed - the question is what being designated as a supply chain risk to national security does to their customer base - and their investor base.
i don't believe they're actually making money at the moment
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent @SecScottBessent At the direction of @POTUS , the @USTreasury is terminating all use of Anthropic products, including the use of its Claude platform, within our department. The American people deserve confidence that every tool in government serves the public interest, and under President Trump no private company will ever dictate the terms of our national security.
How long can a capital-hungry startup like @anthropic.com survive an onslaught from the Trump administration?
The Middle East - famously a geopolitics-free zone.
Can't be accused of misleading Congress if you never asked Congress for permission in the first place, right?
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Interesting piece on the Gulf states' angry reaction to being attacked by Iran. Hardly reassuring for international investors, tax exiles and tourists, though....
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01 Mar 2026 14:50:19 - U.S. SAYS THREE U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ACTION AS PART OF IRAN OPERATION -CENTCOM Oil jumps 10% on Iran conflict and could spike to $100 a barrel, analysts say
Two consecutive @Reuters headlines just now. How long before Donald Trump has to change course?
From Breakingviews - Breakingviews - Trump’s new Iran attack opens up big global risks reut.rs/4r6IKbL
Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say reut.rs/4l9SCAs
Get Your War On cartoon
Having flashbacks to the last time
In subscribers' inboxes now
Thinking of the expat I spoke to the other day who told me he had moved from London to Dubai "to feel safe".
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Trump says US carrying out 'major combat operations' in Iran an hour ago We have now hear from U.S. President Donald Trump. In a video posted on social media, he said: "A short time ago the U.S. military began major combat operations in Iran." "Our objective is to defend the American people by eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime." Iran "can never have a nuclear weapon." "We sought repeatedly to make a deal." Iran "attempted to rebuild their nuclear programme." Iran is developing long range missiles that threaten the U.S. and others." "We are going to destroy their missiles and raze their missile industry to the ground." "We’re going to annihilate their navy." "We will ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon."
I must have missed the bit where Congress authorised this
I spent yesterday afternoon teaching my students about the Trump AI strategy that Dean largely wrote, with additional material from his substack. This is a remarkable statement for him to make.
