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‘OPEC-US shale tussle’ killing off older oil fields

Bloomberg The tussle for supremacy between OPEC and US shale drillers is killing off older oil fields at the fastest pace in almost a quarter century. That could hurt the industry once the current glut has faded. The three-year price slump triggered by the battle for market share choked off funds for aging deposits elsewhere, accelerating their decline. Output at ...

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China takes lead in Pacific shipping after $6.3bn deal

Bloomberg China is the new leader of shipping trade to the Americas. State-owned Cosco Shipping Holdings Co.’s $6.3 billion offer to buy Orient Overseas International Ltd. would create an entity that’s the biggest shipping company moving boxes to the North American continent from Asia, beating Copenhagen-based A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S and France’s CMA CGM SA. The takeover, announced in Hong Kong, ...

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Sunac to pay record $9.3bn for Wanda Hotels, Theme Parks

Bloomberg Sunac China Holdings Ltd. agreed to buy hotels, land and projects from Dalian Wanda Group Co. for 63.2 billion yuan ($9.3 billion) in China’s largest property deal, as billionaire Chairman Sun Hongbin moves to take advantage of competitors shedding assets. Sunac will buy 76 hotels from Wanda through a unit and will purchase a 91 percent stake of 13 ...

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