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Vestas loses wind turbine share to rivals

Bloomberg Vestas Wind Systems A/S lost market share last year in the wind turbine industry it has dominated for more than a decade. While the Danish manufacturer remains the biggest producer of the machines that generate electricity from the wind, General Electric Co of the US and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA of Spain gained share in the market for ...

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Trump aims for New York in salvo against clean energy

Bloomberg Federal regulators are set to make a decision on New York’s power market that could disrupt the state’s plans to reach its climate goals. The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has scheduled a meeting for Thursday to rule on a case filed by some generators who said the state’s policies were unfair because only clean-power producers received subsidies. ...

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Fossil fuel market catches a chill as gas prices drop

Bloomberg A plunge in prices is shaking some of the more marginal players out of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) market, chilling what until recently was the hottest part of the energy industry. Major utilities from Orsted in Denmark to Iberdrola in Spain are exiting the business. Naturgy Energy has made no secret it isn’t comfortable with the volatility of ...

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HSBC reboot fizzles, sending stockholders looking for exits

Bloomberg HSBC Holdings Plc Chairman Mark Tucker promised a strategy reboot. Investors got what some called more of the same — pledges to cut costs and do more with less. The shares plunged by the most since 2017 after buybacks were shelved for two years and the executives themselves said more bad news was still to come — once they ...

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IMF slashes Nigeria’s growth forecast to 2%

Bloomberg Plunging oil prices stemming from the coronavirus outbreak led the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cut its estimate for Nigerian economic growth, highlighting the difficulties Africa’s top crude producer faces reviving and diversifying its economy. The forecast was lowered to 2% from 2.5%, the lender said after concluding an Article IV consultation. Nigeria needs a major policy overhaul to ...

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UBI plans to pay out 40% of profit in dividends

Bloomberg Unione di Banche Italiane (UBA) SpA, Italy’s fifth-largest bank, plans to pay out 40% of net income to shareholders on average over the course of its three-year strategic plan and may make an extra payment if capital is strong enough. UBI expects to eliminate about 2,030 positions and close 175 branches through 2022, the Bergamo, Italy-based bank said. That’s ...

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IMF team to visit Ukraine to discuss growth policies

Bloomberg The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is sending a small mission to Ukraine for talks on economic expansion as the government struggles to finalize a $5.5 billion loan. The team will visit Ukraine “for technical discussions on policies to achieve stronger growth and safeguard stability,” IMF resident representative in Ukraine Goesta Ljungman said. No time frame for the visit was ...

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Fed’s bill-buying spree makes trading Eurodollars even harder

Bloomberg The Federal Reserve’s mass purchases of Treasury bills is creating distortions in money markets and that may make it harder for Eurodollar traders who bet on the interest-rate outlook. What started as an attempt by the Fed to relieve strains in money markets is having an unintended impact on some of the world’s most important borrowing benchmarks. As the ...

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After Fed and ECB, India may turn next to BOE for inspiration

Bloomberg First it was the Federal Reserve. Then the European Central Bank (ECB). Now, India’s monetary authority may look to the Bank of England (OBOE)for ideas to revive growth, economists say. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) could possibly draw inspiration from BOE’s Funding for Lending Scheme to jump start loan growth in the economy that’s set for its weakest ...

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‘Record highs in European stocks can last and widen’

Bloomberg European equities are trading at fresh record highs, and JPMorgan Chase & Co strategists say the rally can go on and even expand to markets that have been left behind. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index closed at a historical peak last week after earnings optimism outweighed spreading coronavirus fears. To JPMorgan strategists, the fact that the European benchmark has ...

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