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Ministers positive on OPEC, non-OPEC oil output cuts

January 22, 2017 by · Leave a Comment 

Energy ministers from OPEC and non-OPEC countries meeting in Vienna on Sunday have struck a positive note regarding their agreement to cut oil output as a committee set to monitor compliance with the deal meets for the first time. Kuwaiti oil minister Essam Al-Marzouq, who chairs the five-member compliance committee, said it would examine how to

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EU’s Dombrovskis says Greek pension payout ‘complicated’ review talks

December 18, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

Greece's decision to give pensioners a one-off bonus has delayed the conclusion of its second bailout review but an agreement can still be reached in the coming months, EU Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis was quoted as saying on Saturday. Greece angered its lenders this month by announcing it would spend about 600 million euros on a Christmas…

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Fed lifts rates, sees faster pace of hikes in Trump’s first year

December 15, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

The U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday and signaled a faster pace of increases in 2017 as central bankers adapted to the incoming Trump administration's promises of tax cuts, spending and deregulation. The increase in the federal funds rate to a range of between 0.50 percent and 0.75 percent was widely expected. In a news conference following the unanimous rate decision, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said Donald…

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OPEC, U.S. begin ‘cat and mouse’ oil game as producers pounce on hedges

December 7, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – As far as one of the world’s biggest commodities traders, Glencore’s chief Ivan Glasenberg, is concerned, the oil market will be at the mercy of “a cat and mouse game” between OPEC and its U.S. shale rivals in the coming year. A 16 percent price rally over the past week has delivered U.S. frackers a golden opportunity to hedge – or sell forward – their production for 2017 and beyond, to shore up their coffers against …

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OPEC points to even bigger 2017 oil surplus as its output jumps

November 11, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) – OPEC reported an increase in its oil production in October to a record high led by members hoping to be exempt from the producer group's attempt to curb supply, pointing to …

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Mexico peso jumps after FBI clears Clinton over emails ahead of election

November 7, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

Mexico's peso jumped on Sunday after the FBI announced it stood by a previous decision to not charge Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton over emails related to her private server, a decision that comes just two days before the election. The peso , which has been hit by the rise of Republican candidate Donald Trump and his policies that are seen hurting Mexico's economy, extended gains to rise 2.25 percent…

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Algeria says confident OPEC members will stick to Algiers output deal

November 7, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

Algeria's Energy Minister Nouredine Bouterfa said on Sunday he was confident OPEC members would stick to a deal made in Algiers in September to cut output, saying the group's technical committee was working on applying the deal. “There will be no return on the Algiers agreement. The high-level technical committee is working

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U.S.’ Lew says UK authorities need time to probe pound crash

October 7, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said on Friday it was necessary to give British authorities some time to determine what drove a steep drop in the pound before jumping to conclusions. “Based on our own experience, it takes some time to find out why such movements occur,” Lew told a news conference at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Meetings in Washington. The pound's fall by more than 10 percent against the dollar to below $1.15 was …

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South Korea court says it has not yet decided whether sale of Hanjin Shipping is needed

September 28, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

The South Korean court overseeing Hanjin Shipping's receivership process said on Wednesday that a sale of the world's seventh-largest container carrier, which collapsed late last month, is one of many options it is considering if the court concludes the company is to be rehabilitated. Judge Choi Ung-young, who serves as a court spokesman for media inquiries on the case, said a sale is possible in principle if it's deemed …

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Zuckerberg initiative poaches AstraZeneca board member

September 28, 2016 by · Leave a Comment 

The $3 billion health initiative set up by Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan has hired one of AstraZeneca's non-executive directors to head up its science drive. The British drugmaker said on Wednesday that Cornelia Bargmann would step down from its board next month to take up a new role as president of Chan Zuckerberg Science, part of the …

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