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The Big Bank Theory - 7 Feb., 2020

Gangsters for ZionYom Ha’atzmaut: How Jewish mobsters helped Israel gain its independence
At this time, the U.S. government maintained an arms embargo against Israel and the Middle East. But Egypt and the Arab countries managed to avoid the embargo and get weapons. Arazi learned that the Mafia controlled the port of New York, and he had no scruples about contacting underworld figures, He approached Meyer Lansky and asked him to help get weapons loaded onto ships bound for Israel. Lansky said he would handle it. Lansky contacted Albert Anastasia and Joe Adonis, who controlled the longshoremen’s union and the docks. They helped Israeli agents conceal the arms purchased for Israel, while arms bound for Egypt mysteriously fell overboard. Illegal consignments of military hardware, some of it brand new and still packed in oil and straw, were then secreted onto ships that happened to be bound for Israel.

New EU public prosecutor has four staff for 3,000 cases
The EU's new public prosecutor office, set to launch later this year, has just four staff to tackle 3,000 cases in an effort to claw-back stolen funds.

Greek oligarchs battle over football league

The New Greek Oligarchs’ Path to Power: Soccer

Happy 10th anniversary to Undercover Boss, the most reprehensible propaganda on TV

Gas Wars in the Mediterranean

Greece imposes emergency measures after first swine fever case confirmed

'Greed' exclusive: Steve Coogan tackles tax avoidance in new Michael Winterbottom film

Greece connects Aegean islands with power grid utilizing China’s assistance

Eurobank puts hundreds of properties up for sale in Greece

Lagarde confident ECB will eventually buy Greek debt

World Bank Chief Economist Pinelopi Goldberg Announces Resignation

Rubles in the Near Abroad: Rockets and pipelines
In our monthly Russian business briefing: Uzbekistan dithers, Azerbaijan offers a backdoor to Europe, and the rocket that fell on Kazakhstan will not frustrate a new $1 billion test range.

Paul Tourret on investing in Lebanon: “The Chinese are not adventurers”
Paul Tourret...looks back on China's investments in the region, and on the transformation of Mediterranean ports.

End of Cosco sanctions shows US reluctance for penalizing key oil market players: analysts

Congress Quietly Adopts Exxon Mobil-Backed Law Promoting New Gas Pipeline, Arms to Cyprus

The dollar and the other Thucydides trapWhen will American abuse of the dollar come back to bite the United States?
Farrell and Newman conclude with a stark warning, “The real Thucydides trap facing Washington is less about the inevitability of great-power conflict than about the persistent temptation of imperial power.”

Global Oil, Gas Discoveries Hit Four-Year High in 2019

China’s flagship foreign policy aims to put itself at the centre of the world once again

This Is How Europe Is Opening The Floodgates To ‘Green’ Money

Here Are the Most Common Airbnb Scams Worldwide

Coronavirus: China Southern, Hainan Airlines among crisis-struck mainland carriers to put all foreign pilots on unpaid leave

My God, How the Money Rolls In
A jobless West Virginian, living on welfare, began preaching in Pentecostal tabernacles to support his family. Within a few years, T.D. Jakes had raked in so much money from believers that he was able to pay $870,000 for two side-by-side mansions, one with a pool and bowling alley. Then his soaring cash flow enabled him to pay $3.2 million for a Texas megachurch vacated by a crooked evangelist who went to prison. Before long, Jakes was grossing more than $20 million annually. Today, he ranks among America's flagrantly rich preachers, traveling by private jet, wearing enormous diamonds, living like royalty.

Of Course Bloomberg's an Oligarch—and He's Coming For Your Social Security
I'm not a dictionary, but I know what words mean. And I'm not a clock, but I know what time it is.

The Federal Reserve’s Great Betrayal

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