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Rollback of coal rules electrifies Wyoming workers

  Bloomberg This hardscrabble Wyoming city of about 30,000 people proclaims itself the “Energy Capital of the Nation” on the mayor’s blue blazer and even the parking ticket payment boxes. Nearby are some of the world’s largest open-pit mines, where dump trucks the size of houses haul out more than 40 percent of the coal produced in the US. The ...

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Pound set for quarterly gain yet Brexit blurs outlook

  Bloomberg The pound headed for its first quarterly gain versus the dollar since mid-2015 as data showed the currency’s Brexit decline delivered a double boost for the UK economy. A bumper contribution from trade saw the nation’s gross domestic product grow an unrevised 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter, its fastest pace in a year, data showed. In the ...

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Newly-merged First Abu Dhabi Bank outperforms region

  DUBAI / Reuters Stock markets in the Gulf moved sideways in thin volumes on Sunday, while shares of the newly-formed lender in Abu Dhabi, First Abu Dhabi Bank, outperformed a day after the legal completion of the merger. Shares of First Abu Dhabi Bank – the new name of the newly merged National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First ...

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