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Ministers positive on OPEC, non-OPEC oil output cuts

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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SoftBank’s Son pledges $50 billion, Foxconn eyes U.S. expansion as Trump woos Asian firms

Two of Asia's biggest technology companies said they were looking to expand investment in the United States, as President-elect Donald Trump pushes to bring manufacturing and jobs back home. Billionaire businessman Masayoshi Son, also the head of Japan's SoftBank Group Corp , pledged a $50 billion investment in the

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

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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Iran, Iraq at loggerheads with Saudis ahead of OPEC meeting

By Ahmad Ghaddar and Vladimir Soldatkin VIENNA (Reuters) – Iran and Iraq are resisting pressure from Saudi Arabia to curtail oil production, making it hard for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to reach a deal to limit output and boost the price of crude when it meets on Wednesday. OPEC sources told Reuters a meeting of experts in Vienna on Monday failed to bridge differences between OPEC's de facto leader, Saudi Arabia, and the group's second- and third-largest producers over the mechanics of output …

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OPEC makes last-ditch bid to save oil deal as tensions grow

OPEC was trying on Monday to rescue a deal to limit oil output as tensions grew among the producer group and non-OPEC member Russia, with top exporter Saudi Arabia saying markets would rebalance even without an agreement. OPEC experts started a meeting in Vienna at 0900 GMT (4:00 a.m. ET) and were due to make recommendations to their ministers on how exactly…

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Saudi wants OPEC to solve own problems before meeting non-OPEC

DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) – Top OPEC oil exporter Saudi Arabia has told the producer group it will not attend talks on Monday with non-OPEC producers to discuss limiting supply, OPEC sources said, as it wants to focus on having consensus within the organization first. The Nov. 28 meeting

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Japan car makers shuffle output, boost imports to meet U.S. SUV demand

By Naomi Tajitsu and Maki Shiraki TOKYO/MARYSVILLE (Reuters) – Japan's top automakers are shuffling their U.S. product portfolios and resorting to larger imports of popular models there as they scramble to meet booming demand for gas-guzzling SUVs and trucks in the world's No. 2 auto market. Honda Motor Co , Japan's third-largest automaker, said it will begin producing from early …

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J.C. Penney’s quarterly comparable sales fall 0.8 percent

(Reuters) – J.C. Penney Co Inc reported a 0.8 percent fall in quarterly comparable store sales on Friday, reflecting weak store traffic, increased price competition from online and off-price retailers and a general shift away from spending on apparel.

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TomTom targeting deals with U.S. automakers

TomTom has benefited from the formation of the rival Here consortium as automakers not involved in it are keener to do business with the independent mapping operator, its chief executive said on Friday. While its success in winning automotive customers remained “lumpy”, TomTom is focused on winning customers in the United States, …

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

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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