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A lawsuit filed by 64 families against Snapchat could change the internet as we know it. And Michael Brewer, 17, is a star witness because he’s one of only two teens in the case who survived fentanyl poisoning. All the other kids are dead. 🎁 link here: bloomberg.com/features/2024-…

Scoop: The secretive oil trader known as 'Hector,' who’s managed to quietly embed himself in the heart of the Western financial system, has emerged as a key player in arms deals from #Iran to #Russia bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Bloomberg Julian Lee Alfred Cang Will Kennedy Oil Trading Europe

Long read: The inside story of how #Iran oil tycoon Hossein Shamkhani used citizenship-by-investment programs to gain access to the Western financial system — a position he protected through relationships in the UAE and Washington bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

Investors looking to raise money in the Gulf increasingly have to navigate a landscape littered with people touting tenuous ties to the region's royals bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

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News— Senior officials from US & Russia are meeting next week in Saudi Arabia to pave the way for a potential leaders’ summit as soon as the end of the month, with NSA Waltz & Envoy Witkoff expected to take the lead on the US side. Sources tell me, Ben Bartenstein & Jenny Leonard.

BREAKING: #Oil prices sinking after Bloomberg reported that #OPEC+ will proceed with a revival of some halted oil production, a surprise decision that had followed repeated delays to the plan. More on Bloomberg Terminal

Advisers to Trump are sketching out potential Russia sanctions he could lift or tweak — including the oil price cap — if there’s progress in talks with Moscow on ending its war in Ukraine trib.al/lbrNEb8

NEWS— Sheikh Tahnoon, UAE’s national security adviser & brother of the president, is slated to meet with Trump cabinet officials as soon as next week, per sources. He plans to advocate for easier access to cutting-edge chips. With Mackenzie Hawkins, Nick Wadhams, Ben Bartenstein, Jenny Leonard

طحنون بن زايد يبدأ زيارة رسمية إلى الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية يوم الإثنين الموافق 17 مارس 2025، يعقد خلالها اجتماعات رسمية في البيت الأبيض مع كبار المسؤولين في الإدارة الأمريكية، لبحث تعزيز العلاقات الاقتصادية والتكنولوجية والشراكة الاستراتيجية بين البلدين.

Una comunidad campesina ha creado una de las minas informales de cobre más grandes del mundo. Ingresos: $300 milones/año El futuro de la minería en Perú depende del desenlace entre Pamputa y Las Bambas: la comunidad tiene la tierra, la empresa el subsuelo bloomberg.com/features/2025-…

A low-profile hedge fund executive who’s among the dozens of disciples tracing their roots to the late investing legend Julian Robertson is poised to become the face of the Trump administration’s sanctions strategy. Story w/ Ben Bartenstein via Bloomberg Politics bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

President Donald Trump’s pick to take the lead on US sanctions strategy warned of “consequences” for any nation that imports Venezuelan oil bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Trump admin is weighing easing curbs on Nvidia sales to the UAE after the UAE pledged $1.4T in US investment POTUS recently asked why we can’t sell chips to a country that’s approved to buy F35s (note the F35 talks are stalled) w Ben Bartenstein Ryan Gould bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Scoop: Trump officials have internally discussed potentially granting the #UAE, #SaudiArabia and #Qatar a special fast-track status for deals, a move that could smooth the way for billions in investments bloomberg.com/news/articles/… w Kate Sullivan

In a world where few outsiders hold sway, one New York lawyer has been advising Abu Dhabi’s ruling elite — and shaping the UAE’s transformation from a petrostate to business hub bloomberg.com/news/features/… Interesting read from Ben Bartenstein Alex Dooler and Dinesh Nair

Global anti-money-laundering watchdog FATF set to include British Virgin Islands and Bolivia on its "gray list" as early as next month bloomberg.com/news/articles/…