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  Bloomberg Some of Washington’s most persistent lobbyists are racking up big wins, as regulators, members of Congress and even President Donald Trump embrace priorities expressed by the biggest communications companies. Broadcasters are near to gaining renewed freedom to grow through mergers, and telephone providers are poised to dodge rate caps. Each step reverses policies from the Obama era. “It’s ...

  AP Volkswagen board chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch says he doesn’t expect an internal investigation into the German automaker’s cheating of US diesel emissions standards, which became public in September 2015, to be wrapped up by year’s end. Poetsch, who was quoted in Saturday’s edition of the Frankfurter Allegemine Zeitung newspaper, said that law firm Jones Day has made good ...

  Bloomberg German unemployment fell by the most since 2011, pushing joblessness to a record low as Europe’s largest economy powers ahead. The number of people out of work slid by a seasonally adjusted 30,000 to 2.6 million in March, and the rate dropped to 5.8 percent from 5.9 percent, data from the Federal Labor Agency in Nuremberg showed. Economists ...

  Bloomberg Turkey’s economy grew at a faster pace than anticipated last quarter as households boosted spending, supporting activity following the failed military coup. Gross domestic product expanded 3.5 percent in the October-to-December period, faster than all estimates in a Bloomberg survey of economists, which saw an expansion of 1.9 percent. Seasonally adjusted output rose 3.8 percent from the previous ...

  Bloomberg Oil capped its biggest weekly increase this year amid speculation OPEC will extend its deal to curb output and ease a global glut. Futures advanced 5.5 percent in New York this week, climbing back above $50 a barrel after Kuwait Oil Minister Issam Almarzooq reiterated support for prolonging a six-month deal to trim supply past June. The market ...

  Bloomberg Oil production in West Texas is about to outgrow pipeline capacity, a combination that knocked down crude prices in the region three years ago. West Texas Intermediate crude at Midland, Texas, the heart of the Permian Basin, sank this month to the lowest level since September. It’s the weakest for this time of year since 2014, according to ...

  Bloomberg The International Energy Agency will help support Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal to spread solar power to more developing nations, especially those clustered around the Equator. Fatih Birol, executive director of the Paris-based agency that oversees energy policy in industrial nations, said he’s working to encourage financial institutions to support Modi’s program, which was launched at United ...

  Bloomberg China’s official factory gauge climbed to the highest in almost five years, the latest evidence of increasing momentum in the world’s second-largest economy. The manufacturing purchasing managers index increased to 51.8 in March, compared with economist estimates that it would match the November reading of 51.7. The non-manufacturing PMI rose to a two-year high of 55.1 from 54.2 ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The merger of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) and the First Gulf bank (FGB) will leave the newly integrated entity with a larger representation on the MSCI Emerging Markets index, triggering massive cash inflows to the stock, according to Rashid Al Baloushi, CEO of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX). Speaking to Emirates News ...

  ABU DHABI / Emirates Business Global renewable energy generation capacity increased by 161 gigawatts (GW) in 2016, making the strongest year ever for new capacity additions, according to data released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Renewable Energy Capacity Statistics 2017, estimates that by the end of last year the world’s renewable generation capacity reached 2,006 GW, ...