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Iraq postpones upstream bidding round to mid ’17

  Reuters Iraq’s oil ministry is postponing a bidding round for 12 small and medium-sized oil fields across three provinces from Nov. 30 to the middle of next year, the ministry said on its website on Thursday. The ministry’s statement said there are “essential changes” to the previous announcement, including plans for the oil ministry to develop some of the ...

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Oil falls as focus returns to OPEC after Trump election surprise

  Bloomberg Oil fell as the market’s focus shifted from the shock of Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential election victory to questions about OPEC’s ability to rebalance crude supply and demand. Crude futures declined as much as 1.9 percent in New York, erasing earlier gains after the International Energy Agency said prices may retreat amid “ relentless global supply growth” unless ...

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FB & Twitter contend with their role in Trump’s victory

  Bloomberg America just endured its first presidential election in which the majority of the electorate got its news from social media. And the outcome is already prompting soul searching by the companies that shaped it. Facebook Inc. will have to contend with mounting dissatisfaction over its role as the most widely used news filter in history. Forty-four percent of ...

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