With talks poised to take place between the IMF and the Lebanese government, Lebanese pound creditors want to have their say on how the country's debt is restructured. They have joined forces and appointed the New York firm White & Case, which worked on Argentina's restructuring. [...]
Faced with a resurgent internal crisis, the regime in Minsk has turned on its intelligence service, the KGB, the supposed deficiences of which have been singled out for criticism by Alexander Lukashenko. This has given rise to yet another reshuffle among senior KGB personnel but the inevitable radical reform the service needs has again been put off for another day. [...]
The new Egyptian city and future administrative capital has welcomed its first tenants under the watchful eye of the army, keen to capitalise on the vast project run by its Administrative Capital for Urban Development. [...]
The FBI conducted a new raid on 19 October on a Washington house possibly belonging to Oleg Deripaska, but the oligarch is still hoping to see the sanctions against Russia - which de facto affect his empire - lifted in Europe. [...]
Although the US company's origins were far removed from judicial analytics, Vertica's technology has been adopted by police and intelligence services. The company will demonstrate practical examples at the upcoming ISS World Europe cyber trade fair. [...]
