Duke with the billionaires of the world
Duke with the billionaires of the world
In his four years in office, Duque (1976) has had a series of meetings with world-class businessmen. The last one was with Bill Gates (1955), the founder of Microsoft, in Davos. Satya Nadella (1967), CEO of Microsoft; Tim Cook (1960), Apple; Marc Benioff (1964), of Salesforce; Jeff Bezos (1958), founder of Amazon; and the investor, Howard Buffett (1954); they also met with the President. (RT)
Michael Burry’s curious tweet
Michael Burry (1971), famous for betting once morest the housing market before the 2008 crisis, published an enigmatic tweet in the midst of market uncertainty, which he later deleted. “Like I said regarding 2008, it’s like watching a plane crash. It hurts, it’s not fun, and I’m not smiling,” he said, not clarifying what he meant. (LV)
The bid for the Brazilian market
With more than 20 million passengers mobilized in the first quarter of the year, the Brazilian air market has already reached a reactivation of 80% compared to the pre-pandemic and the competition is “red hot”. According to the National Civil Aviation Agency, Latam is the leading brand, with a 31.03% share; followed by Gol (Avianca’s partner in the Abra Group), with 29.79%; and Blue, with 27.82%. (ND)
Peru celebrates 200 years of relations
The Embassy of Peru in Colombia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia will hold the Bicentennial Concert tomorrow, an event that will commemorate 200 years of diplomatic relations between Peru and Colombia. The concert will feature a performance by the Colombian National Symphony Orchestra and will be conducted by Fernando Valcárcel (1972), director of the Peruvian Symphony Orchestra. (RT)
A new era of Efromovich begins
After announcing the launch of Aeroitalia, the aviation businessman, Germán Efromovich (1950), put on the air the web page with which he started this new company. He points out that it will start with 10 cities within the European country and with prices below 30 euros (US $32). The headquarters will be in Rome and the idea is to start with charter flights and a Boeing 737-800, a fleet that will expand this summer. (LM)
It is not called a recession, but a banana
The millionaire David Rubenstein (1949) recalled at the World Economic Forum that in the White House, during the 1970s, the recession was called “banana”, because by order of former President Jimmy Carter (1924) the word was not used to not cause fear. But the term “banana” started to be used once more in Davos as a joke, Rubenstein and some economists say “mild bananas” are coming. (JL)
There will be a tire with soybean oil
Companies continue to increase their commitment to sustainability, and in the midst of the discussion of replacing oil, Goodyear is getting ready to bring to the country the first tire produced in Latin America with a soybean oil compound that replaces a petroleum derivative. It will be the Wrangler Workhorse line, for the pickup and SUV segment. (IB)
Fantastic world rivals
Compared by their fantastic universes, their same nationality and the use of RR in the name, the author of ‘Game of Thrones’, George RR Martin (1948), assured that he hopes that the new Amazon series regarding the universe of the deceased JRR Tolkien (1892) does well for him, but he hopes his with HBO does better. “If they win seven Emmys, I want us to win eight,” the writer said. (HS)
