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Wall Street Journal reporter georgi.kantchev@wsj.com

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Joined March 2009
Born 19 November

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    Helen is winning dry January

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    23 hours ago

    Loved this feature on the bond that’s still paying interest. 280 years later

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    16 hours ago

    The American man charged with espionage in Russia this week also holds British, Canadian and Irish citizenship. Paul Whelan’s family and friends insist he was traveling in Russia for a wedding.

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  5. CITIZEN OF THE WORLD: American detained in Russia also holds Canadian, British and Irish citizenship

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  6. This Debt Never Dies: A 280-year old French government bond still pays interest, having endured five French republics and two world wars

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    21 hours ago

    Today I am spelling Goldilocks with a Jay

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  8. NEW TWIST: Paul Whelan is also an Irish and a Canadian citizen, after an earlier revelation that the American is also a British citizen. That's 4 (four) passports so far - and counting. Put another way, he's citizen of 2% of UN member countries

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    Brief thread on the "Victorian Hyperloop" 1/n

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    21 hours ago

    Great debt nerd article about people who own antique debt. "Three centuries of inflation and shifting currencies mean this debt yields just €1.20 a year."

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  11. Paul Whelan's is "the kind of case that gives diplomats nightmares because it puts a human face on the problem,” says

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  12. Jan 4

    “That yield would allow you to buy a baguette of bread once a year” Our deep-dive into the world's oldest government bond, still paying interest (€1.20 a year)

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    Jan 4

    "The French government has owed Marie Verrier’s family money for a long time. Almost 300 years." From the ghost of and

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    Jan 3

    Who needs Président cheese from France when you can have Prezident butter from Turkmenistan?

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  15. Jan 4

    TWIST: Paul Whelan, the American charged in Russia over espionage, now appears to also hold British citizenship

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    Jan 3

    Take an early look at the front page of The Wall Street Journal

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    Jan 3

    Happy birthday JRR Tolkien. And now I find myself wondering exactly how high inflation spiked after the death of Smaug, the capture of his treasure and that huge expansion of the Laketown money supply.

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  18. Jan 3

    4/ And then, to top it off, a light-hearted feature on the Brexit mess, feat. pearl-studded maces, obscure 19th-century clerks and SNL skits:

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  19. Jan 3

    3/ Then, on the latest news about the American detained in Moscow who is now charged with espionage. He faces 20 years in jail

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  20. Jan 3

    2/ First, on the desperate search for survivors after a deadly blast in central Russia:

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