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Growth in tight oil shakes up futures markets, hedging needs

Bloomberg The vibrations of the shale boom are now shaking the futures market. A visible decline in open interest of West Texas Intermediate crude futures contracts for delivery five or more years in the future is due to the growth of tight oil fields and the shift in producers’ need to hedge oil so far out in the future, according ...

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Ride-hailing giant Grab aims to double its revenue in 2019

Bloomberg Singapore’s Grab outlined ambitious fundraising plans and predicted that sales will double next year, adding to evidence that Southeast Asia’s most valuable startup is expanding well beyond its roots as a ride-haling app while intensifying a rivalry with Indonesia’s Go-Jek. Revenue will double to $2 billion in 2019 as it integrates the acquisition of Uber Technologies Inc.’s regional business ...

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India’s Reliance shaking off past decade’s slumber

Bloomberg Reliance Industries Ltd.’s recent gains are helping one of India’s most-valuable companies catch up with the benchmark index, which it had trailed for much of the past decade. At close of trading this week, the company’s shares had surged 135 percent since it launched telecom services in 2016, nearly four times the advance in the S&P BSE Sensex, making ...

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