Mark Thompson

International Managing Editor, CNN Business

Mark Thompson is the international managing editor of CNN Business. He oversees the creation and publishing of business news, analysis, features and sponsored series from Asia, the Middle East and Europe for CNN Digital.
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This picture taken on November 24, 2015 shows an outside view of the EU police agency Europol headquarters in The Hague. (Photo by Remko de Waal / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by REMKO DE WAAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
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Police take down $249-a-month global phishing service used by 2,000 hackers
Apr 18, 2024
Law enforcement officials in 19 countries have shut down an online platform that earned at least $1 million by selling phishing kits to cybercriminals, helping them launch attacks on tens of thousands of people worldwide.
Microsoft CEO Brad Smith speaks during the MWC session 'New strategies for a new era' on the first day of the 18th edition of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) at Fira de Barcelona's Gran Via venue in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat on February 26, 2024, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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Microsoft turns to the Middle East for its latest bet on AI
Apr 16, 2024
Microsoft will invest $1.5 billion in Abu Dhabi’s G42, an artificial intelligence group that has faced questions over its ties to China.
A view of the Dali cargo vessel which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., March 26, 2024.
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Cars, sugar and cruises: How the Port of Baltimore closure could hurt the economy
Mar 27, 2024
The bridge collapse that has indefinitely halted the flow of ships in and out of the Port of Baltimore could hurt the local economy, strain supply chains and scramble deliveries along the US East Coast.
Ukrainian servicemen of the 126th Separate Territorial Defence Brigade fire a D-30 howitzer towards Russian troops at a position in a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson region, Ukraine March 12, 2024. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty/Serhii Nuzhnenko via REUTERS
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EU leaders endorse plan to tap frozen Russian assets to arm Ukraine
Mar 22, 2024
European Union leaders have endorsed a proposal to use windfall profits on frozen Russian financial assets to assist Ukraine, including spending as much as $3 billion a year on arms and ammunition.
U.S. chipmaker Intel Corp's logo is seen at the entrance to their "smart building" in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv, Israel December 15, 2019. Picture taken December 15, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
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Intel will build $25 billion chip factory in Israel’s ‘largest investment ever’
Dec 26, 2023
The Israeli government said Tuesday that Intel has confirmed plans to build a $25 billion chipmaking factory in the south of the country, an investment Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described as the biggest in Israel’s history.
May 07, 2022. Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Overall view of the city center across the Arno river. The historic center of Florence is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Airbnb is paying $621 million to settle its tax dispute with Italy
Dec 13, 2023
Airbnb has agreed to pay 576 million euros ($621 million) to settle a longstanding dispute over unpaid taxes in Italy.
A worker inspects a can of Carlsberg beer as it moves a long the production line inside the OAO Baltika brewery, operated by Carlsberg A/S, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. Russia's retail-sales growth unexpectedly accelerated to the fastest in six months as people snapped up consumer goods out of concern prices will rise further amid the country's worst currency crisis since 1998. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Blooomberg
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Carlsberg says Moscow stole its Russian business
Oct 31, 2023
Carlsberg has cut all ties with its Russian business and refuses to enter a deal with Russia’s government that would make Moscow’s seizure of the assets look legitimate, the brewer’s new CEO said Tuesday.
A general view shows the oil refinery of the Lukoil company in Volgograd, Russia, on April 22, 2022.
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Lukoil chairman dies suddenly, second in just over a year
Oct 24, 2023
Lukoil, Russia’s second-largest oil company, said Tuesday its chairman had died suddenly, at the age of 66.
Work continues at the Old Oak Common Station construction site for the HS2 high-speed 2 railway project, in north west London on September 29, 2023. HS2, the UK's second high-speed train line after the one leading to the Channel Tunnel, has suffered spiralling costs despite the route being cut short, raising fears the project could be further derailed. Designed to bring the major cities in the north of England closer to London, its cost was estimated at £37.5 billion ($46 billion) in 2013. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)
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Britain’s high-speed rail fiasco reflects grim economic reality
Oct 5, 2023
In 1825, the world’s first passenger train went into service in northern England. It heralded the start of a railway age that transformed the country’s economy by slashing journey times, boosting trade routes and connecting major cities.
The Evergrande logo is seen on residential buildings in Nanjing, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on August 18, 2023.
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Evergrande says its chairman is suspected of crimes
Sep 28, 2023
Embattled Chinese developer Evergrande Group said Thursday that Chinese authorities suspected its chairman of “crimes” and that shares in the company would remain suspended until further notice.
A view shows model BYD ATTO 3 of BYD, a Chinese automobile manufacturer, displayed during an event a day ahead of the official opening of the 2023 Munich Auto Show IAA Mobility, in Munich, Germany, September 4, 2023. REUTERS/Leonhard Simon
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Europe probes China’s electric car subsidies as imports soar
Sep 14, 2023
The European Union is launching an investigation into China’s state support for makers of electric vehicles as soaring imports of their cars stoke fears for the future of European auto manufacturers.
A general view of Chevron's Wheatstone LNG facility in Pilbara coast, Western Australia, as seen in this undated handout image obtained by Reuters on September 8, 2023. Chevron/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
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Chevron Australia workers begin strike, threatening global LNG supply
Sep 8, 2023
Workers at Chevron’s liquified natural gas facilities in Australia have begun to walk off the job in a dispute that threatens as much as 7% of global supplies and could add to rising pressure on energy prices.
Gautam Adani, billionaire and chairman of Adani Group, during an event at the Port of Haifa in Haifa, Israel, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Adani, the Indian billionaire whose business empire was rocked by allegations of fraud by short seller Hindenburg Research, said his company will make more investments in Israel.
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Adani blasts ‘Soros-funded interests’ after media raise new questions about business empire
Sep 1, 2023
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani’s conglomerate has slammed what it described as “Soros-funded interests” after media outlets claimed the Adani Group had used complex and secretive offshore operations to boost its market value, citing documents obtained by a network of investigative journalists.
A customer looks at fruits et vegetables next to an information sign reading "10 fruits and vegetables with a price of 0.99 euro, anti-inflation challenge", at a Carrefour hypermarket in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, in the northern suburbs of Paris, on March 29, 2023. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/AFP via Getty Images)
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Inflation in Europe stuck at 5.3% in August as energy prices rise
Aug 31, 2023
Consumer prices in the 20 countries that use the euro rose 5.3% on average this month compared with a year ago, preliminary estimates by Europe’s statistics office showed Thursday.
The company logo of Chinese developer Country Garden at the Shanghai Country Garden Center in Shanghai, China, August 9, 2023.
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Chinese homebuilder Country Garden warns it could default after posting $7 billion loss
Aug 31, 2023
Country Garden warned Wednesday that it could default on its vast debts as it reported a loss of 51.5 billion yuan ($7 billion) for the first six months of the year.
Shipping containers sit stacked at the Haropa Port in Le Havre, France, April 14, 2022. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
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Europe’s recession may already be over
Jul 28, 2023
Solid economic growth in France and Spain, and a very modest recovery in Germany could be enough to confirm that the euro area has already exited a recession that started in the final quarter of 2022.

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Mark Thompson is the international managing editor of CNN Business. He oversees the creation and publishing of business news, analysis, features and sponsored series from Asia, the Middle East and Europe for CNN Digital.

Since 2012, Thompson has built a team of writers and editors in Hong Kong, New Delhi, and London, where he is based. Under his leadership, the global audience for business news on CNN Digital has grown significantly, supporting commercial development in international markets.

Before joining CNN, Thompson led editorial operations and regional and global teams as a bureau chief and managing editor at Reuters, where he also worked as a correspondent in the UK, Germany and Austria.

Earlier in his career, he worked as a subeditor for the BBC World Service and a reporter for Knight-Ridder Financial News.

He is a former trustee of INSI, an organisation that works to keep journalists safe, a graduate of the University of Bradford, and has run a couple of marathons.