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Slack data management exposed BP to high safety risk: leaked report

BP's refining operations are exposed to high safety risks that can lead to deadly accidents and pollution as a result of slack data management and a lack of investment, according to a leaked internal report from 2015. The report, co-authored by BP, IBM and industry consultancy WorleyParsons , states that the British company's refining and petrochemical business, known as downstream, is trailing rivals such as Royal Dutch Shell by up to seven years in managing information to reduce safety risks and financial losses. “Inadequate management and use of engineering…

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British pension funds warn on any Fox/Sky deal

British public sector pension funds on Tuesday called for an “appropriate” premium in any potential deal between Twenty-First Century Fox and Sky as well as for safeguards to protect minority shareholders. Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox Inc aims to table a firm cash bid valuing Sky at 10.75 pounds ($13.66) per share as early as Wednesday …

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OPEC, non-OPEC agree to their first global oil pact since 2001

OPEC and non-OPEC producers on Saturday reached their first deal since 2001 to curtail oil output jointly and ease a global glut after more than two years of low prices that overstretched many budgets and spurred unrest in some …

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Lawyers seek to launch fresh Brexit challenge in Irish courts

A group of British and Irish lawyers are seeking to challenge Britain's decision to leave the European Union in the Irish High Court to try to establish if Brexit can be reversed once divorce talks have been triggered. The lawyers hope the court in Dublin will ask the European Court of Justice, the EU's highest court, to determine …

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IBM invests in UK data centers as tech sector defies Brexit worries

Global IT group IBM will triple the number of its cloud data centers in Britain, it said on Tuesday, joining Facebook and Google in investing in the UK after its vote to leave the European Union. IBM said it would build four new data centers to …

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BAT offers to buy U.S. tobacco firm Reynolds in $47 billion deal

British American Tobacco has offered to buy out U.S. cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc in a $47 billion takeover that would create the world's biggest listed tobacco company with brands including Newport, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall. The cash-and-stock deal would mark the return of BAT to the lucrative and highly regulated U.S. market after a 12-year absence, making …

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McDonald’s U.S. sales revive amid stiff competition

Sales at established U.S. restaurants rose 1.3 percent as a result, offsetting the negative impact of competition and lower grocery prices that encouraged some diners to cook at home. The result from the United States, which accounts for about 40 percent of overall profit at McDonald's, just exceeded analysts' lowered expectations, and was not as …

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British businesses ‘lazy and fat’, pro-Brexit trade minister says

Britain as a trading nation has become “too lazy and too fat” and business leaders are more interested in playing golf on Friday afternoons than in seeking new export markets, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox was recorded saying. Fox, who was a prominent campaigner for Britain to leave the European Union and says the country must forge new trading relationships with the rest of the world, was recorded making the comments during a drinks party with activists…

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RBS says main office would move if Scotland were independent: BBC

Royal Bank of Scotland would move its main office from Scotland if the nation were to split from the UK after Britain's vote to leave the European Union, although moving domicile would not mean major job losses, the head of RBS has said. “The Royal Bank of Scotland would just be…

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Corporate raiders seek Brexit bargains in Britain

By Pamela Barbaglia and Freya Berry LONDON (Reuters) – Overseas buyers lured by a plunge in the pound are looking to snare British companies on the cheap, ensuring a steady flow of deals since Britain…

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