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Cyclone Fani hits Bangladesh after killing eight in India

Bloomberg Cyclone Fani barrelled through the eastern parts of India, unleashing heavy rain and prompting authorities in the country and neighbouring Bangladesh to evacuate a total of more than 3.5 million people to shelters. At least eight people were killed as the windstorm swamped towns and villages, the Press Trust of India reported, citing government officials it didn’t name. Dhaka-based …

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US to extend waivers tied to Iran nuclear program

Bloomberg The Trump administration will renew several key waivers that allow Iran to keep operating a limited civilian nuclear program, a move that heads off a clash with European allies and Tehran over the fate of a 2015 deal that Trump abandoned last year. The US is extending five waivers the administration had previously granted allowing nations that remain in …

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Oil advances on US jobs report

Bloomberg Oil eked out a gain as a forecast-topping US jobs report signalled a strong domestic economy to go along with the supply disruptions squeezing global crude markets. Futures in New York rose 0.2 percent, after unemployment unexpectedly fell to a 49-year low in world’s biggest econ- omy, with cooler-than-projected wage gains. Crude nonetheless recorded a loss for the week …

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Singapore’s Hyflux in talks with Utico to secure $294mn funds

Bloomberg Singapore’s Hyflux Ltd, the water and power company battling for survival, said it is in talks with Middle Eastern utility Utico FZC about securing S$400 million ($294 million) of funds, disclosing the identity of the potential investor after receiving a non-binding letter of intent. Hyflux’s legal and financial advisers are in discussions with Utico on the details of the …

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Shell earnings top estimates as natural gas leads the way

Bloomberg Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s first-quarter earnings beat even the highest analyst estimate as its natural gas business led a strong companywide performance. Shares rose. Shell gives a positive ending to a mixed Big Oil earnings season, which showed companies mostly recovering from a worst-in-a-generation downturn but unable to fully insulate themselves against volatile markets. While BP Plc, Chevron Corp. …

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Eni to focus on saving African forests to offset CO2 emissions

Bloomberg Eni SpA’s plan to offset emissions from its oil and gas operations will focus on working with African communities to prevent deforestation. The project is part of the Italian energy giant’s goal of removing the equivalent of 20 million tons a year of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by 2030. On top of efforts to improve operational efficiency and …

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TransCanada’s first quarter profit beats estimates

Bloomberg TransCanada Corp. posted first-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates, giving the pipeline company momentum as it enters a period that’s likely to feature key legal decisions on some of its major projects. TransCanada is benefiting from increased energy production and a shortage of pipeline capacity that’s keeping its Keystone oil pipeline system and Columbia natural gas system running at …

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India’s oil demand grows for 4th month

Bloomberg India’s oil demand grew for a fourth month in March, although the pace of gains slowed from February as falling vehicle sales weighed on transportation fuel consumption even amid campaigning for federal elections. Total usage of oil products rose 1.3% y/y to 18.9m tonnes in March, according to the oil ministry’s Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell Demand in the …

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Boeing 737 skids off runway into Florida river, no fatalities

Bloomberg Boeing Co said it’s helping to investigate how a 737-800 plane arriving from Cuba slipped into a river after skidding off a runway near Jacksonville, Florida. The chartered flight operated by Miami Air International Inc was carrying 136 passengers and seven crew when it left the runway at Naval Air Station Jacksonville on Friday evening, Boeing said in a …

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SAS reaches deal with pilots to end labour conflict

Bloomberg Scandinavian Airlines operator SAS AB reached a deal with pilot unions to end a seven-day strike that left hundreds of thousands of customers in the lurch and may have wiped out profit for the Nordic carrier this year. SAS and the Danish, Norwegian and Swedish pilots agreed on a new three-year wage and labour deal after two days of …

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