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German utilities face tough year as power rally set to stall

  Bloomberg German utilities from RWE AG to EON SE may struggle to convince investors they can adapt to the renewable energy revolution even after the industry’s unprecedented shakeup in 2016. Headwinds range from a power price rally that’s forecast to fade this year to a multi billion-euro nuclear clean-up bill. While planned spending curbs and thousands of job cuts ...

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India’s cash ban unlikely to mar Modi’s election chances

  Bloomberg Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s disruptive cash ban is unlikely to damage his party’s performance in upcoming state polls. In fact, it might even help. Modi’s move to invalidate 86 percent of circulated currency in Asia’s third-largest economy forced millions of Indians into lengthy bank queues. It has also dented India’s world-beating growth as the country’s cash-dependent economy ...

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China’s clean air bid scares rivals in duel over dirty fuel

  Bloomberg China’s recent push to clean up its air is leaving some of its neighbours feeling threatened. The Asian country’s road to cleaner air has been gradual, with lead-free gasoline only becoming a requirement in 2000, almost three decades behind the US. This month, China imposed new curbs on the amount of sulfur in vehicle fuels to about a ...

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