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DNB laundered $533,000 from Russia: DN

Bloomberg US investor Bill Browder has presented evidence that Norwegian lender DNB ASA helped transfer $533,000 in Russian cash through accounts in Estonia and Lithuania, according to a Dagens Naringsliv (DN) report. Browder sent a complaint to Norway’s economic crime unit in 2016 and met with the authority in 2017, according to the newspaper. The cash was transferred by eight ...

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Sovereign-bank ‘doom’ won’t let Italian markets escape

Bloomberg As investors scrambled for more clarity on the Italian budget plan that roiled its markets, at least one thing was clear: Ten years after the financial crisis, the sovereign-bank “doom loop” still haunts Europe. A selloff that started in government bonds quickly spread to the debt and shares of the country’s lenders as investors latched onto a problem policy ...

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Boeing beats Lockheed for $9.2bn Air Force trainer jets

Bloomberg Boeing Co. defeated Lockheed Martin Corp. to win its third prize in a recent flurry of defense contracts, snaring a US Air Force contest valued at as much as $9.2 billion to build training jets to hone the flying skills of future aviators. The 351 to 475 training aircraft and 120 ground-based training systems would be produced at Boeing’s ...

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