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China industrial profits surge for first time since November

Bloomberg The profits of Chinese industrial enterprises rebounded in May for the first time since November 2019, signaling the economy is continuing to recover from the coronavirus shutdowns Industrial profits rose 6% to 582.34 billion yuan ($82 billion) last month from a year earlier, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Sunday. That compared with a decline of 4.3% …

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India bets oil demand to recover fast from virus lockdown shock

Bloomberg India, the third-biggest oil consumer, expects fuel demand to return to normal earlier than projections by the International Energy Agency and OPEC. “If you look at the trend of the past few weeks, I’m confident that by the end of second quarter, demand will be as usual,” India’s oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said at the BloombergNEF Summit, referring to …

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EDF faces $11m fine over project

Bloomberg Electricite de France (EDF) faces a possible $11 million fine after being accused by French regulators of providing false information on the Hinkley Point C nuclear project and lacking transparency concerning new circumstances that ramped up its cost. In October 2014, EDF announced it would build the UK’s first nuclear reactors since 1995 after reaching a deal with the …

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