Jonathan Browning

Milavous has raked in billions of dollars in sales from commodities originating out of Iran, Russia and elsewhere, sources say. At its highest levels sits Hossein Shamkhani, the soft-spoken son of a former Iranian security chief bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @bpolitics

Sailors who witnessed Mike Lynch's enormous luxury sailing yacht sink within minutes say they were shocked at how quickly it happened. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

We found that a YouTube hate video remained up even after a riot conviction, continuing to rack up tens of thousands of views bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

At the end of his ruling, Mr Justice Knowles tells how the bankers (Credit Suisse and VTB) failed Mozambique: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Lex Greensill racked up over £60,000 in legal costs trying to prevent publication of the Insolvency Service’s allegations against him. Thankfully it wasn’t money particularly well spent 👇🏻

Spent a few days with some of the last dedicated court reporters in the country, @CourtNewsUK at the Old Bailey, watching cases of cocaine smuggled in bananas and gang murders and wondering why so much of this stuff is never known. For @gdnlongread theguardian.com/news/article/2…

#ICYMI Fascinating story last week by @cynthiao about fake journalism to bolster the reputation of a Conservative party donor facing @TheJusticeDept charges on bribery. If this is new reputation management in action, we need firm regulation: ft.com/content/6172ee…

"How’s your Russian market?" Mr. Crisp: "Can I? Don’t tell anyone. We’re doing really well." How a secret hotel tape led to arrest for breaching Russia sanctions. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

James Timpson OBE @JamesTCobbler has been appointed Minister of State (Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation) in the Ministry of Justice @MoJGovUK.

New: I sat down with Keir Starmer earlier today for @BloombergUK to discuss Europe’s political shift to the right, concerns about Joe Biden, Ukraine, Israel, economic growth and if he’s got a secret plan to raise taxes on banks. Here’s what he said 🧵 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

England’s sewage-infested waters spill into the election campaign bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-… via @Jess_Shankleman

🏘️EXCL DATA: UK’s Needs a London-Sized City to Fix Housing Crisis The next government must build homes equal to the size of London to fix 50 years of below-target construction, @BloombergUK analysis shows NO PAYWALL & thread @tomelleryrees @OliviaGKA bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

Sign of how everything changes in 10 days — for years the Tories have argued about ECJ oversight in EU trade talks, a hill to die on for many Brexiteers — and in one move Labour’s Jonny Reynolds opens the door to it as a potential way to ease friction: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

This is a brilliant video on the state of the UK economy by @MyStephanomics @PhilAldrick @NateLanxon @bbgoriginals. Highly recommend 👇bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…

Hundreds of UK banks, brokers and insurers missed a deadline to respond to the financial watchdog’s survey on sexual harassment and bullying in the City trib.al/zfK6iel

UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch was found not guilty of criminal charges that he pulled off Silicon Valley’s biggest-ever fraud by duping Hewlett Packard into buying his software startup for $11 billion in 2011. trib.al/rxx5gHT

Now confirmed on LBC - Sunak when pressed says “no, after the election.” Labour has committed to scrap the scheme. So unless there is a massive upset in the polls, it looks like the scheme is finished.

Follow our live coverage of the news of the UK election date (July 4). So looks like Rishi Sunak "has come to the conclusion there’s more benefit in going early rather than waiting" bloomberg.com/news/live-blog… @bpolitics

The Business Feature award went to @BW's @KitChellel @oliviasolon and @jonny_browning for "The Hunt for Deep-Sea Treasure," which our judges called "a brilliantly written deep dive into the world of underwater wreck hunting." bloomberg.com/magazine/busin…

Celebrated two big Bloomberg wins at the Deadline Club awards tonight — for our feature on the hunt for deep sea treasure and our series on cheap drugs endangering lives. Congrats to @oliviasolon @KitChellel @jonny_browning and all of the talented Bloomberg journalists involved.