June, 2018

• 26 June

  UAE, UK discuss ways to enhance bilateral relations

  ABU DHABI / WAM Matar Salim Ali Al Dhaheri, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, on Tuesday received Lt General Sir John Lorimer, UK’s Defence Senior Adviser on the Middle East, and his accompanying delegation. Al Dhaheri welcomed Lt General Lorimer and praised the relations between the UAE and UK which he said are witnessing great development across various sectors. …

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• 26 June

  Petrofac secures orders worth $1.8 billion in H1

  

  LONDON / WAM UAE-linked Petrofac, a leading international service provider to the oil and gas production and processing industry, has secured new orders worth $1.8 billion in the first half of 2018, according to an update released to the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday. “We are trading in line with expectations, delivering best-in-class project execution, continued momentum in new orders …

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• 26 June

  China trade fight puts billions in US energy projects in doubt

  

  Bloomberg China Energy Investment Corp pledged almost $84 billion in shale gas and chemical manufacturing projects across West Virginia after President Donald Trump’s trade mission to Beijing in November, but when it came time to discuss details officials were a no-show. The chief executive and other officers of the world’s largest power company cancelled a visit to a petrochemical conference …

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• 26 June

  Sempra Energy to meet activist investors to discuss a truce

  Bloomberg Sempra Energy met with activist investors Elliott Management Corp. and Bluescape Resources to try and reach a truce ahead of its analyst conference set for Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter. The two sides met in Washington to discuss whether Sempra would give the activists board seats and consider setting up a committee to weigh options to …

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• 26 June

  US losing ground in race for energy efficiency

  

  Bloomberg Italy and Germany tied for first place in the worldwide energy-efficiency race, according to a biennial international scorecard released on Tuesday by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. France, the United Kingdom and Japan followed suit. The United States fell, from 8th in 2016, to 10th in the new ranking of the 25 largest energy-consuming countries in the …

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• 26 June

  Idled Ghana oil refinery seeks finance guarantees

  Bloomberg Ghana’s state-owned oil refinery is seeking credit guarantees from the government after lenders declined to issue it loans for crude purchases, according to two people familiar with the matter. The Tema Oil Refinery, 29 kilometers (18 miles) east of the capital, Accra, halted production on June 21 after running out of crude stock, said the people, who asked not …

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• 26 June

  Stocks mixed as trade worries linger; oil rallies

  

  Bloomberg US stocks fluctuated after the biggest selloff since April, as investors assessed the outlook for trade and its implications on global growth. The dollar rose and gold fell. The S&P 500 Index gyrated at its 50-day moving average, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average clung to small gains. Technology shares hit hardest bounced back to give the Nasdaq indexes …

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• 26 June

  Bitcoin struggles to hold $6,000 level after 2018 low hit

  

  Bloomberg Bitcoin bulls are seeking support at the $6,000 price level after the battered digital currency dropped below that threshold for the first time since February over the weekend. The biggest cryptocurrency rose less than 1 percent from its Friday close to $6,103 in New York, according to composite Bloomberg pricing. It slumped to as low as $5,780 on Sunday, …

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• 26 June

  Goldman, Citi hunker down as trade war hits emerging markets

  

  Bloomberg Some of the world’s largest money managers soured on emerging markets as compounding trade threats deepened the worst monthly rout for developing currencies since the US election. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said it’s reducing an overweight position in developing-nation currencies, preferring a more “defensive” stance as China and Europe warned the escalating trade war could trigger a global recession. …

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• 26 June

  Wells Fargo fined for ‘flipping’ investments

  

  Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. will pay $5.1 million to settle a US regulator’s claims that employees abused clients by persuading them to sell certain investments before maturity, generating large fees for the lender. Brokers with Wells Fargo Advisors, from January 2009 to June 2013, encouraged retail customers to sell market-linked investments meant to be held to maturity so they …

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