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Oil slides most in two weeks as OPEC production rises

Bloomberg Oil dropped the most in two weeks as a report that OPEC’s July supply will be the highest this year fueled worries over a global glut. Futures tumbled 2.5 percent in New York, erasing gains from earlier this week. Supply from OPEC is set to exceed 33 million barrels a day this month as members including Saudi Arabia and ...

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General Electric shows stench of oil is hard to escape

Bloomberg In his final days atop General Electric Co., Jeffrey Immelt still can’t throw off oil’s stink. In his farewell earnings report, the chief executive officer ended his 16-year tenure by telling Wall Street that GE’s earnings are likely to be disappointing the rest of this year. The culprit: sputtering energy markets. It was the latest setback for a CEO ...

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Australia’s largest generator urges no coal in clean target

Bloomberg Australia’s largest power generator, AGL Energy Ltd., has urged the government to exclude coal from its planned clean energy target and said there is no appetite among private investors to fund new coal-fired power plants. AGL, which sources 77% of its electricity generation from coal, said including the fossil fuel in the target would send wrong signal for industry, ...

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