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Bloomberg Saudi Aramco will allow investors to start bidding for shares in the world’s most-profitable company from November 17. The Saudi stock exchange rules prohibits the oil giant from listing additional shares for six months after the start of trading, according to its more than 650-page prospectus. Also, the Saudi government, the company’s sole owner, won’t offer any additional shares ...
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10 November
Alberta loosens oil curbs
Bloomberg Alberta loosened crude-oil production limits for second time in two weeks, exempting new conventional wells from output caps in a bid to spur drilling and boost employment. Alberta is trying to allow more oil production without overwhelming the province’s strained pipeline network.
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10 November
Ireland’s ESB nears deal for stake in Scottish wind farm
Bloomberg Electricity Supply Board (ESB), the state-owned Irish utility, is in advanced talks to buy a stake in a Scottish offshore wind farm project owned by Electricite de France SA, people familiar with the matter said. A deal for a 50% holding in the Neart na Gaoithe development could be announced as soon as the next few weeks, the people ...
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10 November
As Putin’s embrace tightens, Lukashenko reaches out to EU
Bloomberg Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is set to make his first bilateral visit to the European Union since it dropped sanctions against him in 2016, as he strives to balance growing pressure from Moscow for integration with Russia. Lukashenko, once dubbed “Europe’s last dictator†by the US, is due to meet Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen in Vienna on ...
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10 November
Trump may release transcript of Ukraine call on November 12
Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he’s prepared to release the transcript sought by House Democrats of his first phone call with Ukraine’s president, in April, as soon as Tuesday. “We’ll probably give it to you on Tuesday, Monday being a holiday,†Trump told reporters as he prepared to board Air Force One. “We have another transcript coming out, which is ...
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10 November
Freed from jail, Lula’s ready to fight in LatAm
Bloomberg Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has pledged to travel around Latin America, offering support for leftist leaders at a moment when the region is engulfed by growing political turmoil. “I’m finally free and willing to fight,†Lula said in a video message that was broadcast at the Puebla Group’s meeting in Buenos Aires. “I’m willing to ...
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10 November
Spain votes in repeat election amid pleas to break logjam
Bloomberg Spaniards went to the polls on Sunday for the second time this year as the country strives to break a political logjam that’s threatening economic momentum and allowing disputes over national unity to fester. Polling booths opened at 9 am and were expected to close at 8 pm with voters choosing 350 deputies and 208 senators. It’s a procedure ...
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Pressure grows on UK to return last African colony
Bloomberg From a one-story house with mustard-colored walls off a bustling road in Mauritius, Olivier Bancoult is defying the UK by plotting a return to the tiny tropical island where he was born. A 55-year-old native of the remote Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, Bancoult heads a group of mostly elderly women who, like him, were expelled shortly after ...
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10 November
Hong Kong ‘panel’ raises doubts over police inquiry
Bloomberg Hong Kong’s police watchdog has neither the authority nor the resources to effectively investigate the ongoing protests in the city, according to the Independent Expert Panel brought in to advise it. The panel saw “a shortfall†in the powers of the Independent Police Complaints Council, according to a statement posted on the Twitter account of panel member Clifford Stott, ...
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10 November
Singapore’s Lee seeks support ahead of poll
Bloomberg Singapore’s leaders need strong backing from voters to weather uncertain times, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said as he called on members of the ruling party to prepare for a “tough fight†at the next general election. Speaking at the People’s Action Party (PAP) convention, Lee pointed to some economies around the world where public faith in governments has ...
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