April, 2016

• 14 April

  Norway oil executives warn on long-term supply as polls loom

  

    Bloomberg Elections are approaching in Norway, accompanied by the familiar sound of oil executives and politicians arguing over the environmentally sensitive Lofoten islands in the Arctic. Oil prices may have plunged in a global economy awash with oversupply, but producers in Norway say they’re thinking much longer term. Statoil ASA, which has been lobbying for years to open the ...

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• 14 April

  Putin assures Russians economic expansion to resume next year

  

  Bloomberg President Vladimir Putin told Russians that the economy will resume growth next year in his annual call-in show on Thursday, aiming to shore up his support as the country’s longest economic downturn in two decades pushes more people into poverty. “The situation hasn’t been resolved yet but the trend is positive,” Putin said, pointing to forecasts that the economy ...

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• 14 April

  Exxon says ‘$25 bn rule’ will sink Deepwater oil drilling

  

  Bloomberg The world’s biggest oil explorers are fighting a U.S. plan to toughen offshore drilling rules that Exxon Mobil Corp. said will cost $25 billion over 10 years and render many offshore discoveries worthless. The Obama administration will issue the sweeping new regulations as part of an effort to reduce the number of well blowouts after the explosion aboard the ...

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• 14 April

  Energy XXI files for bankruptcy after $5 billion expansion

  

    Bloomberg Energy XXI Ltd., a U.S. oil and gas explorer, filed for bankruptcy protection after spending $5 billion on acquisitions in the years leading up to the crude slump. The company entered Chapter 11 in Houston after reaching a restructuring agreement with noteholders, it said on Thursday in a statement. “Energy XXI will eliminate more than $2.8 billion in ...

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• 14 April

  Brazil’s Ibovespa climbs as parties abandon Rousseff

    Bloomberg Brazil’s Ibovespa equity index rallied to a 10-month high as traders increased wagers that President Dilma Rousseff will be impeached, paving the way for a new government to pull the economy out of its worst recession in a century. State-controlled oil producer Petroleo Brasileiro SA, iron ore miner Vale SA and lender Itau Unibanco Holding SA contributed the ...

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• 14 April

  Argentina wins court ruling letting bond sale proceed

  

  Bloomberg Argentina can go ahead with a planned $15 billion bond sale to pay off holdout creditors from a 2001 default, ending more than a decade of litigation over repayment of the debt that kept South America’s second-biggest economy out of international credit markets. The U.S. Court of Appeals in New York cleared the way for the bond sale by ...

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• 14 April

  IMF shuns consent call of Argentina missing inflation goal

    Bloomberg Argentina’s inflation will slow to the very top of its target range by year-end, the International Monetary Fund forecast, showing more optimism than most economists. Inflation will slow to the 25 percent ceiling of Argentina’s target range by year-end, the IMF said in its published World Economic Outlook. That is lower than all estimates from economists surveyed by ...

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• 14 April

  Emaar receives bids for AED500mn Dubai tower

  

    Bloomberg Local developer Emaar Properties has received bids from contractors for the estimated AED500m ($136m) contract to build its Opera Grand Residential Tower in Dubai. The project involves the construction of a 65-70 storey tower a four level basement, ground floor and podium with townhouses, and 56 residential floors with seven levels for services. The total development will have ...

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• 14 April

  Blackstone’s Jon Gray confident Anbang will complete hotel deal

  

    Bloomberg Anbang Insurance Group Co., the Chinese insurer that backed out of a takeover bid for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., is on track to complete its $6.5 billion purchase of another U.S. hotel company from Blackstone Group LP, said Jon Gray, Blackstone’s global head of real estate. Anbang is under contract to buy Strategic Hotels & Resorts ...

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• 14 April

  London property prices feel pressure of Brexit, Pound’s slide

  

    Bloomberg London’s property market is feeling the pressure from political uncertainty, with the U.K.’s vote on its European Union membership, mayoral elections in May and weakness in the pound contributing to falling house prices in some areas, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Demand from house buyers fell sharply in the capital in March, RICS said in ...

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