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Shell restores full cash dividend as it emerges from crude slump

Bloomberg Royal Dutch Shell Plc will pay its entire dividend in cash for the first time in more than two years as Europe’s biggest oil company seeks to demonstrate it has left the worst of the crude slump behind. From this quarter, Shell will no longer offer shareholders the option to take the payout in stock, it said. The company ...

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Afghan’s largest solar plant to secure $45mn bank fund

Bloomberg Afghanistan will build its first 20-megawatt solar power plant in a bid to meet rising energy demand in a country that imports most of its electricity. The project in the capital will be funded by the Asian Development Bank, which is providing $45 million, according to a statement emailed. It will be built in the Naghlu area of Kabul’s ...

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Oil extends declines towards $63

Bloomberg Brent crude slipped towards $63 a barrel before OPEC and its allies meet this week to discuss prolonging their output cuts beyond March. Futures dropped as much as 1.2 percent in London, extending Monday’s decline. Uncertainty over the outcome of Thursday’s meeting is creating the risk of a slide in prices, which have gained on assumptions that the curbs ...

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