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Managing decline of a $124b oil giant

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A change at the top is a moment for reappraisal. Bob Dudley, BP Plc’s chief executive officer, rehabilitated the oil major after the fatal Deepwater Horizon rig explosion and spill in the US in 2010. His replacement Bernard Looney should avoid the temptation to think his job is primarily to sustain that legacy. Like all the big international oil companies, ...

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BlackRock, Tencent tie-up is a match made in Wall Street

News that BlackRock Inc. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. are in talks for various types of cooperation is the kind of positive development both companies need. BlackRock is looking for ways to make its investment and portfolio-modeling tools available to the Chinese market, Bloomberg News and the Wall Street Journal reported. They may also codevelop a financial software system similar to ...

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Troubles at the ECB aren’t Draghi’s fault

Given the news of grumbling among members of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) Governing Council and the resignation of a board member, it seems Mario Draghi’s last month as president might be marred by internal policy divisions. This would be a sad misunderstanding. Sad because Draghi’s legacy should be centered on his courageous action to save the euro zone, and ...

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