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Venezuelan oil output heads to 29-year low as cash crunch grows

Bloomberg Venezuela is set to pump the least oil in almost three decades, just when it needs petrodollars the most. Output is expected to slump to 1.84 million barrels a day next year, the lowest compared with official government data since 1989, according to a survey with four analysts compiled by Bloomberg. Rig counts hit a 14-year low in October, ...

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Alibaba Group ‘Singles’ Day’ breaks all-time sales record

Bloomberg Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s Singles’ Day shopping bonanza broke last year’s all-time high of 120.7 billion yuan ($18.2 billion) by 1:09 pm in Beijing, with about 11 hours still to go before the final bell. The annual frenzy had already hit $8.6 billion in sales in the first hour after starting at midnight, and by 8 am some 82 ...

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CVC-backed retailer prepares $300mn IPO

Bloomberg MAP Active, the Indonesian sporting goods retailer backed by CVC Capital Partners, is planning a domestic initial public offering that could raise about $300 million, people with knowledge of the matter said. The company, which is a unit of Jakarta-listed PT Mitra Adiperkasa, aims to sell shares as soon as next year, according to the people. It has invited ...

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