In the space of a week, PCCW Ltd., Richard Li’s company, has cheered investors by getting out of the U.K., then brought them back to earth with plans to bulk up video streaming in Asia. Days after Li sold the loss-making British broadband provider to his father Li Ka-shing, PCCW is disposing of a $1.1 billion stake in telecom ...
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Spy agencies should kick the contractor habit
Are government cyberoperations safe when they involve people from the private sector? That’s the question raised by the indictment of former National Security Agency contractor Harold Martin on 20 counts of obtaining and keeping national defense information. While Martin held various security clearances — including ‘top secret’ — between 1993 and his arrest in August 2016, he worked for ...
Read More »Saudi warms to solar aiming to help boost crude franchise
Bloomberg The nation most identified with its massive oil reserves is turning to wind and solar to generate power at home and help extend the life of its crucial crude franchise. Starting this year, Saudi Arabia plans to develop almost 10 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2023, starting with wind and solar plants in its vast northwestern desert. The ...
Read More »California dam crisis leaves power market short of big hydro
Bloomberg A crippled spillway is threatening to submerge an entire region of northern California after a recent deluge of rain. And the state’s power market may already be feeling it. As state officials rush to repair an emergency spillway for the Oroville dam — just 150 miles (241 kilometers) north of San Francisco — an 819-megawatt hydropower plant, capable ...
Read More »Williams plans to double down in heart of shale
Bloomberg Williams Cos. is following through on a promise to unload assets and double down in a region of the U.S. where natural gas production is still booming: the Marcellus shale formation. On Thursday, the master-limited pipeline partnership controlled by Williams Cos. said it had struck a deal with Western Gas Partners LP to exchange its 50 percent stake ...
Read More »China steps up Russian oil imports as teapots buy Urals crude
Reuters Russian crude imports to China have risen in early 2017 as the country’s independent, or teapot, refiners have expanded their diet to include the Urals grade, trade sources said on Tuesday. Russia could expand its market share in China, the second-largest oil consumer, this year after a drop in Brent prices relative to Middle East crude benchmark Dubai ...
Read More »Oil slips most in 3 weeks as OPEC cuts face rising US output
Bloomberg Oil declined in New York as OPEC’s supply cuts are tempered by a revival of shale drilling in the US. Futures slid 1.7 percent in New York, the biggest drop in more than three weeks. Saudi Arabia told OPEC it cut oil production by the most in eight years, while Kuwaiti Oil Minister Essam Al-Marzooq said the organization ...
Read More »Trump’s $1trn vow reverses mutual fund and ETF outflows
Bloomberg It’s not just US President Donald Trump who’s bullish on infrastructure investing. Mutual and exchange-traded funds dedicated to building and upgrading roads, bridges, airports and other projects attracted more than $450 million from November through January, the biggest three-month period in almost two years, according to Morningstar Inc. The inflows reversed redemptions during 15 of the 16 months ...
Read More »Britain looks to carbon markets from China to Canada amid Brexit
Bloomberg Britain should consider linking with China or California on climate policy and emissions trading after leaving the European Union, according to a panel of lawmakers. “Repatriating environmental law to the UK will be an immensely complicated task,†said Robin Teverson, chairman of the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee. “We are not convinced that the government ...
Read More »Peugeot owner explores acquisition of GM’s European division
Bloomberg PSA Group, the maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars, is exploring an acquisition of General Motors Co.’s European business in a deal that would transform the region’s automotive landscape. The French carmaker is in talks on numerous strategic initiatives, including the possible acquisition of Opel, a PSA spokesman said by phone after Bloomberg reported the talks earlier on ...
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