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Russia Sudafrica Regno Unito Lettonia
Shaken and stirred
IN THE SPRING thaw of 1992 a KGB archivist called Vasili Mitrokhin walked into the British embassy in Riga. Stashed at the bottom of his bag, beneath some sausages, were copies of Soviet intelligence files that he had smuggled out of Russia. Before the year was out MI6, Britain’s foreign-intelligence ...
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USA
The solace of the law
IN THE SPY MUSEUM in Washington, DC, a floor is given over to James Bond. Pay attention to the villains, says Vince Houghton, the museum’s historian: each tells you what the West was scared of when that particular film was made. Bond is sandwiched between the paraphernalia of real-life spying, ...
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Cina Russia USA Hong Kong
You’re US government property
EDWARD SNOWDEN HAS plenty of fans. A film about him by Oliver Stone describes how, as a contractor with Booz Allen Hamilton, Mr Snowden turned against the system and smuggled out files about its spying activities. To coincide with the release of the film in September, the fans have launched ...
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Uruguay
Con una inversión histórica, Maroñas comienza a construir una pista de césped
La empresa HRU presentó este miércoles las obras de la futura pista de césped en la que la firma invertirá 3,4 millones de dólares.
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Israele
Finance C'tee confirms TASE week won't change
The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange will continue to operate Sunday-Thursday after the change in its ownership structure.
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Portogallo
Fernando Trinca: “Portugal precisa desesperadamente de investimento”
O advogado Fernando Trinca esteve na Web Summit 2016 e, em entrevista ao Jornal Económico, mostrou confiar que Portugal beneficie da realização deste evento em Portugal.
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Russia
Russia Prepares to Block LinkedIn After Court Ruling
The social network for professionals was found to have violated a law requiring it to store local users’ data within the country.
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USA
Business Leaders Examine a Post-Election World
Executives from a range of major companies are speaking at the annual DealBook conference in New York .
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Cina
Alibaba, Amid Intense Hype, Confronts a Slowdown on Singles Day
The company turned an obscure holiday into a big shopping event and a symbol of China’s economic rise, but it is under pressure from weak sales growth and a U.S. inquiry.
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Nigeria
DSS raids BDCs, arrests dealers selling dollar above N400
Bureau de Change operators have been forced to fix sales of foreign currencies such as dollar, pounds and euros for fear of sanctions by anti-graft agencies and the Central Bank of Nigeria. For the past three days, naira has been changing for N400 to a dollar at the parallel market. ...