Laura Benitez

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  • Chief Executive Officer of LVMH, Bernard Arnault.Retail

    LVMH billionaire Bernard Arnault enters race to acquire Venice’s iconic Hotel Bauer—with bids rising over €275 million

    By Laura Benitez, Angelina Rascouet, and others
  • The Dali container vessel after striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed into the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland, US, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The commuter bridge collapsed after being struck by a container ship, causing vehicles to plunge into the water and halting shipping traffic at one of the most important ports on the US East Coast.Finance

    Baltimore Bridge expected to trigger ‘one of the largest marine losses in history’, says Lloyd’s of London

    By Bloomberg and Laura Benitez
  • Visitors look at the model of "Tower Dubai" project during the MIPIM international real estate event for professionals at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, southeastern France, on March 14, 2023.Retail

    Property elite enjoy the Cannes sunshine only to be faced with short-seller attacks, heavy debt loads, and frozen transaction markets

    By Jack Sidders, Laura Benitez, and others
  • Blackstone headquarters in New York, US, on Thursday, April 20, 2023. Blackstone Inc.’s first-quarter profit fell as dealmaking at the world’s largest alternative-asset manager slowed in a tumultuous stretch when rising interest rates roiled the markets and banking system. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    $8 trillion private equity industry faces ‘real cultural change’ as sources say investors are pulling funding amid a deal apocalypse

    By Laura Benitez, Silas Brown, and others
  • Sergio Ermotti, chief executive officer of UBS Group AG, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in Zurich, Switzerland, on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. UBS attracted $28 billion from wealthy clients in the months running up to its takeover of Credit Suisse Group AG, in an early indication of how many assets the combined firms will be able to retain. Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    UBS plans to gut Credit Suisse by laying off 35,000 workers after buying the struggling bank in a fire sale

    By Marion Halftermeyer, Laura Benitez, and others
  • POLAND – 2023/01/19: In this photo illustration a Deutsche Bank logo is displayed on a smartphone with stock market percentages on the background. (Photo Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)Finance

    The market smells hedge funds behind the Deutsche Bank massacre on Friday: ‘A clear case of the market selling first and asking questions later’

    By Giulia Morpurgo, Laura Benitez, and others