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China’s internet stocks face more pain, top global investors say

Bloomberg After a historic antitrust crackdown on China’s biggest tech companies last week, investors are betting there is more pain ahead. GAM Investments, BNP Paribas Asset Management and JP Morgan Asset Management Inc. see more regulatory tightening in China’s clampdown on monopolistic practices, putting pressure on the country’s leading internet stocks over the next few months. The Hang Seng Tech …

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Oil sees best week since March on improving demand outlook

Bloomberg Oil posted the biggest weekly gain since early March as economic data in the US and China strengthened expectations for a recovery in global fuel demand. Futures in New York advanced 6.4% this week, despite eking out a small loss last week. On the heels of robust economic figures out of the US, data from China showed its gross …

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Opec Fund’s $50m loan to make Uzbek power generation capacity efficient

VIENNA / WAM The Opec Fund for International Development has announced the signing of a $50 million term loan agreement with ACWA Power to support the construction and operation of a 1.5 gigawatt (GW) combined cycle gas-turbine power plant in Sirdarya, Uzbekistan. The new plant, located near the border with Tajikistan, will replace an ageing, less efficient thermal power facility, …

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