<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">
    <channel>
        <title><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></description>
        <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AB6I2-VPsLg/chris-elser</link>
        <generator>RSS for Node</generator>
        <lastBuildDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 16:43:03 GMT</lastBuildDate>
        <atom:link href="https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AB6I2-VPsLg/chris-elser.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/>
        <copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2026 BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED]]></copyright>
        <language><![CDATA[en]]></language>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[U.S. Diplomat’s Wife Had Immunity in U.K. Teenager’s Death]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-24/u-s-diplomat-s-wife-had-immunity-in-u-k-teenager-s-death</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-24/u-s-diplomat-s-wife-had-immunity-in-u-k-teenager-s-death</guid>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2020 10:28:34 GMT</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[Virgin Holidays to Speed Refunds for Vacations Hit by Virus]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-23/virgin-holidays-to-speed-refunds-for-vacations-hit-by-virus</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-23/virgin-holidays-to-speed-refunds-for-vacations-hit-by-virus</guid>
            <category><![CDATA[world]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:40:34 GMT</pubDate>
            <media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idYhe.TkPzug/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
                <media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idYhe.TkPzug/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/>
                <media:description>Virgin Atlantic Airline planes are pictured at the apron at Manchester Airport in north-west England, on June 8, 2020, as the UK government&apos;s planned 14-day quarantine for international arrivals to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus begins. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
            </media:content>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[U.K. Gets $1.6 Million From Businessman Tied to Petrobras Affair]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-20/u-k-freezes-6-million-london-home-tied-to-petrobras-scandal</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-20/u-k-freezes-6-million-london-home-tied-to-petrobras-scandal</guid>
            <category><![CDATA[world]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2020 09:03:19 GMT</pubDate>
            <media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ibzbUvmyMv5w/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
                <media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ibzbUvmyMv5w/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/>
                <media:description>West London building where frozen apartment is located in dispute over Petrobras scandal.</media:description>
            </media:content>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[Australia, U.K. Open Joint Investigation Into Clearview AI]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-09/australia-u-k-open-joint-investigation-into-clearview-ai</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-09/australia-u-k-open-joint-investigation-into-clearview-ai</guid>
            <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2020 06:22:49 GMT</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[U.K. Fines Grant Thornton, Sanctions Ex-Managers for Audit]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-08/frc-fines-grant-thornton-sanctions-ex-managers-for-audit</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-08/frc-fines-grant-thornton-sanctions-ex-managers-for-audit</guid>
            <category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2020 07:02:06 GMT</pubDate>
            <media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iq3BnZiUjcxw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
                <media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iq3BnZiUjcxw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/>
                <media:description>St Paul&apos;s Cathedral and skyscrapers including 22 Bishopsgate office tower, the Leadenhall building, also known as the &quot;Cheesegrater&quot;, The Scalpel, and 20 Fenchurch Street, also known as the &quot;Walkie-Talkie&quot; dominate the skyline in the City of London, U.K., on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. The European Union will consider about 40 equivalence decisions this year, determining how much equity, fixed-income and other investment banking business can remain in London and still serve EU clients. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg</media:description>
            </media:content>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[U.K. Asks Big Four Firms to Separate Auditing Units by June 2024]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-06/u-k-asks-big-four-firms-to-separate-auditing-units-by-june-2024</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-06/u-k-asks-big-four-firms-to-separate-auditing-units-by-june-2024</guid>
            <category><![CDATA[world]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2020 06:18:01 GMT</pubDate>
            <media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBEvKpMFDV.Q/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
                <media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iBEvKpMFDV.Q/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/>
                <media:description>Skyscrapers including 22 Bishopsgate office tower, the Leadenhall building, also known as the &quot;Cheesegrater&quot;, The Scalpel, and 20 Fenchurch Street, also known as the &quot;Walkie-Talkie&quot; dominate the skyline in the City of London, U.K., on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. The European Union will consider about 40 equivalence decisions this year, determining how much equity, fixed-income and other investment banking business can remain in London and still serve EU clients. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg</media:description>
            </media:content>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[Pension Firms That Cost Clients $113 Million Lose FCA Fight]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-30/pension-firms-that-cost-clients-113-million-lose-fight-with-fca</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-30/pension-firms-that-cost-clients-113-million-lose-fight-with-fca</guid>
            <category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2020 12:33:10 GMT</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[U.K. Lawmakers Scrutinize FCA’s Handling of Complaints]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-25/u-k-lawmakers-scrutinize-fca-s-handling-of-complaints</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-25/u-k-lawmakers-scrutinize-fca-s-handling-of-complaints</guid>
            <category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2020 23:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[U.K. Judge Won’t Force Government to Release Mask-Contract Terms]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-15/u-k-s-135-million-ppe-deal-for-pest-control-firm-challenged</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-15/u-k-s-135-million-ppe-deal-for-pest-control-firm-challenged</guid>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2020 07:55:57 GMT</pubDate>
            <media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icZv2PqYFxC0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
                <media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/icZv2PqYFxC0/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/>
                <media:description>Personal protective equipment (PPE) sits stored in a garage of South Central Ambulance Service, operated by South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, in Portsmouth, U.K., on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. The cult of the National Health Service has been key to so many political fortunes over the decades, but no leader has weaponized it more than Boris Johnson after years of austerity measures implemented by his Conservative Party.</media:description>
            </media:content>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[Uber Driver Sues for Covid Payouts From U.K. Government]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-11/uber-driver-sues-for-covid-payouts-from-u-k-government</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-11/uber-driver-sues-for-covid-payouts-from-u-k-government</guid>
            <category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2020 16:32:32 GMT</pubDate>
            <media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idkcE5LW5Qjo/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
                <media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idkcE5LW5Qjo/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/>
                <media:description>A commuter uses the Uber Technologies Inc. app on a smartphone in view of a line of black cabs waiting to pick up passengers in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Uber lost its license in London for the second time in less than three years, putting one of its biggest markets outside of the U.S. at risk after the transport regulator said it failed to address safety concerns. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg</media:description>
            </media:content>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[Lloyds Fined $81 Million Over Clients With Mortgage Arrears]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-11/lloyds-fined-81-million-over-clients-with-mortgage-arrears</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-11/lloyds-fined-81-million-over-clients-with-mortgage-arrears</guid>
            <category><![CDATA[personal-finance]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2020 10:56:39 GMT</pubDate>
            <media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ie.fwNf2N1qs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
                <media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ie.fwNf2N1qs/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/>
                <media:description>Automobiles sit in the streets outside rows of residential housing in this aerial photograph taken over London, U.K., on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. About 32,000 new homes a year are expected to be completed in London for the next five years, about 10,000 less annually than London Mayor Boris Johnson&apos;s target, broker Savills Plc said in March. Photographer: Matthew Lloyd</media:description>
            </media:content>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[U.K. Police Say Cummings May Have Broken Lockdown Rules]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-28/u-k-police-say-cummings-may-have-broken-lockdown-rules</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-28/u-k-police-say-cummings-may-have-broken-lockdown-rules</guid>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Ross]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2020 12:37:37 GMT</pubDate>
            <media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3R.bpLoXYB0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
                <media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i3R.bpLoXYB0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/>
                <media:description>Dominic Cummings leaves his residence in London on May 28. Photographer: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP</media:description>
            </media:content>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[U.K. Won’t Start Criminal Trials to Last Longer Than Three Days]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-17/u-k-won-t-start-criminal-trials-to-last-longer-than-three-days</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-17/u-k-won-t-start-criminal-trials-to-last-longer-than-three-days</guid>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 22:59:35 GMT</pubDate>
            <media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2kcdi6iir48/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
                <media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i2kcdi6iir48/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/>
                <media:description>Pedestrians pass the Supreme Court in London, U.K., on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. Boris Johnson&apos;s lawyers are due to reveal what his government will do if it loses a landmark Supreme Court case over the suspension of Parliament. Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg</media:description>
            </media:content>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[StubHub May Be Breaking Consumer Laws, U.K.’s CMA Says]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-29/u-k-s-cma-says-stubhub-may-be-breaking-consumer-laws</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-29/u-k-s-cma-says-stubhub-may-be-breaking-consumer-laws</guid>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 11:57:30 GMT</pubDate>
            <media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4LdZuRa2KaI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
                <media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4LdZuRa2KaI/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/>
                <media:description></media:description>
            </media:content>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[Scottish Judges Wait to Decide Whether Johnson Met Benn Act]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-21/scottish-judges-extend-decision-on-whether-johnson-met-benn-act</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-21/scottish-judges-extend-decision-on-whether-johnson-met-benn-act</guid>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2019 11:51:37 GMT</pubDate>
            <media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixnOLEWmtwJs/v253/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
                <media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ixnOLEWmtwJs/v253/-1x-1.jpg"/>
                <media:description></media:description>
            </media:content>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[Scottish Judge Rejects Bid to Suspend Brexit Vote on Saturday]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-18/scottish-judge-rejects-bid-to-suspend-brexit-vote-on-saturday</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-18/scottish-judge-rejects-bid-to-suspend-brexit-vote-on-saturday</guid>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2019 16:32:36 GMT</pubDate>
            <media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iIzcmL1ZEMzU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
                <media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iIzcmL1ZEMzU/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/>
                <media:description>A British Union flag, also known as a Union Jack, flies beside European Union (EU) flags as pedestrians walk outside the Houses of Parliament in London, U.K., on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May addresses the influential 1922 Committee of Tory MPs at 5 p.m. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg</media:description>
            </media:content>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[U.K. Supreme Court Says Parliament Prorogation Was Unlawful]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-24/u-k-supreme-court-says-parliament-prorogation-was-unlawful</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-24/u-k-supreme-court-says-parliament-prorogation-was-unlawful</guid>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:44:34 GMT</pubDate>
            <media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilZSgAsUG8Ng/v254/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
                <media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ilZSgAsUG8Ng/v254/-1x-1.jpg"/>
                <media:description></media:description>
            </media:content>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[U.K. Police Drop Criminal Probe Into Brexit Campaign]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-13/u-k-police-drops-criminal-probe-into-brexit-campaign</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-13/u-k-police-drops-criminal-probe-into-brexit-campaign</guid>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Elser]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Sep 2019 12:48:35 GMT</pubDate>
            <media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idLerZ7r1gow/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
                <media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/idLerZ7r1gow/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/>
                <media:description>Branded stationary sit on a desk inside the Leave.EU campaign headquarters, a party campaigning against Britain&apos;s membership of the European Union, in London, U.K., on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe</media:description>
            </media:content>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[Ex-Barclays Euribor Traders Appeal Based on Jury Conduct Probe]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-25/ex-barclays-euribor-traders-appeal-based-on-jury-conduct-probe</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-25/ex-barclays-euribor-traders-appeal-based-on-jury-conduct-probe</guid>
            <category><![CDATA[markets]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Franz Wild]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2019 12:39:50 GMT</pubDate>
            <media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMeUwhsO0mkw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
                <media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMeUwhsO0mkw/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/>
                <media:description>Carlo Palombo, left, and Colin Bermingham. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg</media:description>
            </media:content>
        </item>
        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[WikiLeaks Founder Assange Drops Appeal of U.K. Prison Sentence]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-18/wikileaks-founder-assange-drops-appeal-of-u-k-prison-sentence</link>
            <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-18/wikileaks-founder-assange-drops-appeal-of-u-k-prison-sentence</guid>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonathan Browning]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2019 16:37:21 GMT</pubDate>
            <media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i87Cjnq3rKlY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
                <media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i87Cjnq3rKlY/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/>
                <media:description>Activists protest the U.K. government for the imprisonment and possible extradition of Julian Assange to the U.S. in London on July 10, 2019.</media:description>
            </media:content>
        </item>
    </channel>
</rss>