Ben Bartenstein

Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. is preparing to terminate two controversial hotel management agreements in Frankfurt after the US sanctioned the longtime registered owner of the properties and called him a “key financier” for Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, according to people familiar with the matter.

A Venezuelan mogul who minted a fortune selling power turbines and pumping oil has emerged as the Trump administration’s fixer for promoting “America First” deals for favored US companies, as Washington moves to exert more influence in the resource-rich South American country.

Con las grandes petroleras todavía reacias a invertir en Venezuela, Alejandro Betancourt ayuda a dirigir oportunidades hacia operadores estadounidenses más pequeños.

Venezuela is closely examining plans to leave OPEC, according to people familiar with the matter, delivering a fresh blow to the oil cartel it helped create more than six decades

Venezuela is closely examining plans to leave OPEC, according to people familiar with the matter, delivering a fresh blow to the oil cartel it helped create more than six decades ago.

(Bloomberg) -- The US government is pursuing a major stake in Venezuelan oil reserves via a potential partnership between the Department of Defense

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government is pursuing a major stake in Venezuelan oil reserves via a potential partnership between the Department of Defense

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government is pursuing a major stake in Venezuelan oil reserves via a potential partnership between the Department of Defense

Venezuela is examining plans to leave OPEC, according to people familiar with the matter, delivering a fresh blow to the oil cartel it helped create more than six decades ago.

Qorvis worked for companies that authorities say are overseen by sanctioned kingpins. The firm says it doesn’t take sanctioned money.