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The article examines Libya, focusing on business opportunities and the economic climate there. Particular focus is given to Muammar Gaddafi, the former prime minister of the country and his influence on the country's economy. Additional topics discussed include the banking company Goldman Sachs and their presence in Libya, the oil industry in Libya and insights on businesspeople involved in Libya including Laurent Lalou, Youssef Kabbaj and Driss Ben-Brahim.

The article profiles Stuart Bray, a former banker who with his former wife Li Quan created a project to protect the near-extinct South China tiger species by bringing cubs from Chinese zoos to the Laohu Valley Reserve in South Africa to re-wild them, with the ultimate aim of creating a nature preserve and ecotourism venue in China where the tigers would return. Topics include Li and Bray's divorce and criticisms of the financial instruments they used to fund the project.

(Bloomberg) -- A group of British oil traders who made $700 million in a few hours failed to prevent regulators from obtaining their records, as the legal fallout from their actions when oil markets collapsed below zero in April 2020 spilled into a London court. "Essex Boys" Legal Woes Enter U.K. After Negative Oil Trades Evan Flowers, an attorney for the Vega traders, said they would no longer resist handing over the material to regulators following Judge Foster's decision. [Extracted from the article]

Around the time that their discussions in Greece broke down, Veale and Conner received a tip about another man who, like Theodorou, had been aboard the Brillante in the immediate aftermath of its hijacking. (Bloomberg Businessweek) -- Richard Veale and Michael Conner flew from London to Athens a few days before their meeting with X-Ray. But Veale and Conner still didn't have Theodorou's full cooperation, and he hadn't handed over the photographs corroborating his account. Theodorou didn't respond to requests for comment.) Veale and Conner had been in the investigative game long enough to know that it was critical to keep a poker face when interviewing an informant. [Extracted from the article]