On the other hand, best of luck to the Pentagon banker who tries to tap up Gulf royals for cash in the foreseeable future.

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Who is Banksy? A @reuters.com investigation sheds fresh light on one of the art world's most mysterious figures. www.reuters.com/investigates...

Very interesting piece by Vali Nasr on what Iran wants. www.ft.com/content/93b7...

A perfect one-sentence summary of Donald Trump’s current Iran strategy. www.reuters.com/world/us/wit...

This is incredible www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/p...

Don’t encourage them… www.ft.com/content/8236...

New verb conjugation for bankers in the Gulf: I am working from home You have evacuated your office They have fled the region www.reuters.com/world/middle...

It's darkly funny that the combination of Trump's Truth Social posts and @reuters.com newswire snaps has turned this conflict into a war of ALL-CAPS STATEMENTS

How do startups like Anthropic calculate their often-quoted "run-rate revenue" figures? The answer, via @karenkkwok.bsky.social, is even more convoluted than I expected. www.reuters.com/commentary/b...

👀 www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Thursday: "I can't believe the Strait of Hormuz is closed and oil is less than $90 a barrel." Tuesday: "I can't believe the Strait of Hormuz is still closed and oil is back below $90 a barrel."

I had to double check this was real. The former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer plugging his crypto vehicle. So very credAble.

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🎧 The year since Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff war has produced many surprises. In this episode of The Big View, @petertl.bsky.social and IMD’s Simon Evenett discuss why dire forecasts fizzled, how China levies fell to 26% — and why a larger jolt looms. Full episode 👉 reut.rs/4uq517C

“U.S. officials say a large share of Iran’s arsenal has already been destroyed, but regional sources say Tehran may still retain more than half its pre-war stockpile. If that estimate holds, Iran could keep launching missiles for several ‌more weeks.” www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Thank you for playing the oil market

Why is Dubai discourse so rich? Class identities all mangled and so everyone thinks they are punching up and letting rip. Full column 🫵 www.economist.com/britain/2026...

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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. www.reuters.com/commentary/b...

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. www.reuters.com/commentary/b...

Questioning the premise that anyone who feels the need to do this can truly be considered “wealthy”. www.ft.com/content/80bf...

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

Welcome to the high-tech extractive state. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

New worst episode of The Apprentice just dropped

The war of theocracies

Trying to think of the last time a submarine sank a ship. Maybe 1982 during the Falklands conflict. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

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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. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

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? www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...

Interesting piece on the Gulf states' angry reaction to being attacked by Iran. Hardly reassuring for international investors, tax exiles and tourists, though.... www.wsj.com/world/middle...

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

Having flashbacks to the last time

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Thinking of the expat I spoke to the other day who told me he had moved from London to Dubai "to feel safe".

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.

Dario Amodei is the surprise new favourite bsky.app/profile/pete...

Like weaponised interdependence, but against your own companies

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Not a comment on Katherine Braddick's experience or track record, but for much of the past two decades it would have been hard to imagine that the UK's next top bank regulator would be someone working at Barclays. www.bankofengland.co.uk/news/2026/fe...

For those of you collecting echoes of 2007-08, here's another one.... www.reuters.com/sustainabili...