Putin Visits Saudi, Bitcoin Surges & LSE Outage

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On today's podcast:

(1) Russia's President Vladimir Putin heads to Saudi Arabia as Bloomberg uncovers how Russia is sidestepping Western oil sanctions.

(2) The London Stock Exchange faces tough questions after it's hit by a third outage in three months.

(3) A Bloomberg scoop: The European Commission is set to recommend delaying tariffs on electric vehicles traded with the UK.

(4) Bitcoin goes on a tear to add more than 165% since last year's rout.

(5) Goldman boosts its pay pool despite slumping profits. The lender's top leaders say last year’s pay slump contributed to public sniping from unhappy staff.

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