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Pemex future hangs on an auction as Mexico welcomes oil giants

  Bloomberg Pemex’s chance to enter the modern oil era hangs in the balance of the country’s Dec. 5 auction. Mexico will hold its first-ever deep-water auction on Monday — part of an effort to attract investment from international oil giants such as Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and BP Plc to help develop the country’s offshore oil properties. The ...

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Modi to ‘amazonize’ $400bn in state bids across India

  Bloomberg India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to move all government purchases, from paper clips to power plant turbines, to an Amazon-like online marketplace that could eventually be worth a fifth of the country’s $2 trillion economy. Modi’s government, which on Nov. 8 announced a sudden decision to replace 86 percent of India’s cash in a bid to cut ...

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NSIG interested in majority stake in Siltronic AG

  Bloomberg China’s National Silicon Industry Group, a state-backed semiconductor investment fund, is interested in acquiring a majority stake in German silicon-wafer maker Siltronic AG, the latest potential Chinese takeover that could face political opposition, according to people familiar with the matter. The group, known as NSIG, has contacted Wacker Chemie AG about potentially acquiring the Munich-based chemical maker’s 58 ...

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