June, 2018

• 12 June

  Russia boosts oil output to 14-month high

  

  Bloomberg Russia is showing signs of weakening its commitment to oil-supply cuts as production rises before crucial talks with OPEC about the future of the agreement. The nation boosted crude supply to the highest in 14 months in the first week of June as some companies breached their caps, said a person with knowledge of the matter. While both the …

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• 12 June

  Solar beats gas, wind as biggest source of new US power

  

  Bloomberg Despite tariffs that President Trump imposed on imported panels, the US installed more solar energy than any other source of electricity in the first quarter. Developers installed 2.5 gigawatts of solar in the first quarter, up 13 percent from a year earlier, according to a report on Tuesday from the Solar Energy Industries Association and GTM Research. That accounted …

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• 12 June

  Sempra Energy soars on Elliott’s bid to streamline and sell assets

  

  Bloomberg Sempra Energy shares had their biggest ever intraday gain as Elliott Management Corp. and Bluescape Resources called for a sweeping overhaul, including selling the company’s Mexican and South American utilities and spinning off its US liquefied natural gas business. The two activist funds together hold a 4.9 percent interest in Sempra — whose assets include San Diego Gas & …

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• 12 June

  Single European power market gets closer

  Bloomberg The European Union’s vision of a single energy market will move a step closer on Tuesday with the start of a joint market for electricity delivered on the same day. The project, which requires close cooperation between rival exchanges and grid operators, will link 14 national markets from Latvia to Germany and Portugal. Most other European countries are scheduled …

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• 12 June

  US stocks mixed as traders look past North Korea news

  

  Bloomberg The meeting between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un was met with a collective shrug by global markets, which appear to be more fixated on a host of macro events and data due in a few days. The S&P 500 Index rose slightly early on Tuesday, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped and yields on 10-year Treasuries pushed …

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• 12 June

  FANG insiders to sell more than $5 billion of stock

  

  Bloomberg Insiders at tech heavyweights led by Facebook Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg are selling stock at the fastest pace in six years, cashing in on buoyant equity markets. Senior executives and directors of Facebook, Amazon.com Inc., Netflix Inc. and Google parent Alphabet Inc. have disposed of $4.58 billion of stock this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. They’re on track …

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• 12 June

  Draghi learns lesson from Fed as ECB stays vague on rate outlook

  

  Bloomberg Whatever Mario Draghi says about the European Central Bank’s bond-buying program this week, he’s not likely to provide much more clarity about his plans for interest rates. The ECB president and his colleagues will discuss, and may announce, an end to asset purchases when they meet on Thursday. But they’ve so far brushed off questions on how they might …

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• 12 June

  Germany’s Solarisbank sets break-even goal next year

  

  Bloomberg Berlin-based Solarisbank AG wants to reach a break-even on a monthly basis by the end of next year, CEO Roland Folz said in an interview with Bloomberg News. “Until then, we do not plan any further rounds of financing to keep all options open for our shareholders, including a profitable ‘keep it up’, additional investments or also an IPO,” …

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• 12 June

  Wells Fargo bans crypto purchases on credit cards

  

  Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. customers hoping to use their credit cards to buy Bitcoin will have to look elsewhere. While putting a prohibition on such cryptocurrency purchases for now, Wells Fargo “will continue to evaluate the issue as the market evolves,” Shelley Miller, a spokeswoman, said in an emailed statement. Wells Fargo joins Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. …

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• 12 June

  US unit among most challenging parts of new $17 billion strategy, says HSBC

  

  Bloomberg Fixing HSBC Holdings Plc’s troubled US division will be one of the toughest parts of the lender’s new $17 billion strategy, Chief Executive Officer John Flint said. “Of all the things we have to execute on in the next three years, this is one of the most challenging pieces,” Flint said on a call with reporters. “We’ve struggled with …

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