Bloomberg Latvia is looking into connections between several unnamed local lenders and a Turkish company sanctioned by the US for attempting to supply North Korea with weapons and luxury goods. Already grappling with the closure of its No. 3 lender and bribery charges against its central bank governor, the latest allegations stem from October 4 action by the Trea- sury …

Bloomberg Less is sometimes more. The private banking arm of Germany’s cooperative lenders, a group of around 900 local banks with total assets of 891 billion euros ($1 trillion), has almost halved the number of customers while also nearly doubling assets under management within a few years. DZ Privatbank now takes care of more than 18 billion euros for the …

Bloomberg Timely delivery of Lockheed Martin Corp’s $29 billion CH-53K King Stallion helicopter for the US Marine Corps may be jeopardised by a potential shortage of specialised metal components two years after the bankruptcy of a key supplier. In an illustration of how even the biggest defense contractor depends on its supply chain, the Navy’s aircraft development and acquisition command …