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Not really. But if you wanted to, it’d be pretty easy
It’s all about the Benjamins
What happens in Lagos stays in Lagos
If this dog were an option, would it be exercised?
Hitting the history books for comparisons
Well that boycott didn’t last long!
Crypto crime; vapourware; olive oil; ETFs; AT1s; group chats; self-help; AI FM; conspiracies; Dorries; and climbing frames
If so, it’s an interesting call
But it’s probably not that big a problem for UK landlords, says Morgan Stanley
Always. But it’s now possible to imagine them getting better.
Or, how to make enemies and annoy (the right) people
Euro area depositors won’t all sit still for large, unremunerated required reserves
Spanish flats; short sellers; FTX’s shitcoin; Nvidia Island; office politics; Kit-Kats; expensive restaurants; and farewell Omegle
We’re sorry, ok
Real rates and public debt; bank back-office; US housing; rice shortages; SEC’s crypto team; Belt & Road; and ur social media
In the anarcho-capitalist, ungovernable, legally murky world of hash-for-cash machines, the good times have never ended
Courtesy of Nathan Tankus’ notes
A violent raid, a drive-by shooting, and a listed company backed by Koch Industries
We are not the borrowers you are looking for
WeBork; corporate evolution; the UN; broken bond markets; self-driving cars; childlessness; happiness; and shark jumping
More doughnuts than a Krispy Kreme
The GSIFI wars are starting again
About the FT’s Ken Griffin interview
Insert money here 👇
Greenwashing; debanking; AI stealing; beef smuggling; urban golf courses; time perception; lunch; and Football Manager
Well dang
Borg takeover
Well, there’s a lot of Japanese money in US corporate debt . . .
Pret-a-passé
New quiz champs; Tokyo drift; Dominic Cummings; bankruptcy shopping; jedi rats
Robots have taken over and they can’t be trusted
Turns out everyone likes a gold rush, gold rush
Marvel; horror movies; Microsoft vs Grauniad; EM resilience; a library of scents
Long-dated Treasuries are rallying because of . . . fiscal policy?
Deutsche Bank sees danger for the yen
NFTs; haunted houses; tyromancy; and Ron DeSantis shoe trutherism
Decoding ‘orderly and consensual’
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