Wel merkwaardig dat dit artikel in @standaard.be niet vermeldt dat Henri Le Boeuf de schoonzoon (en werknemer) van Albert Thys was, de drijvende kracht achter het grootste (en meest succesvolle) zakenimperium in de Congo Vrijstaat.

Waren onder­ne­min­gen in de Con­go-Vrij­staat een goe­de beleg­ging? Kort antwoord: de meeste waren rampzalige beleggingen, maar met een paar grote uitzonderingen.

Zie link naar artikel hieronder.

Companies are buying Bitcoin to pump up their stock price & fend off short-sellers. “The strategy … relies on bitcoin retaining its value. If it crashes, executives admit the fallout could be destabilising.” No shit Sherlock.
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1898 issue of "Tramways Electriques de Gand" shares & bonds, one of the first electric tramways in Belgium. The original plan was to have trams with batteries because trams with overhead wires were considered too ugly by the city council, but the battery technology turned out not to be feasible.

Walking around Antwerp I came across the former HQ of insurance company Securitas, which was the very first limited liability company in Belgium.
Founded in 1819 when Belgium was part of The Netherlands. The current building dates from 1924. Now an apartment building.

More than 800 Belgian communities issued their own currency during WW1, “payable by the community after the war”, because the national bank was not allowed by the German occupiers to issue francs. (h/t Raphaël Melki)