May, 2019

• 7 May

  Equinor profit rises as oil, gas output tops prediction

  

  Bloomberg Norway’s Equinor ASA beat profit and cash-flow estimates after pumping more oil and gas than predicted. First-quarter results at the state-controlled producer cap a mixed series of earnings for the major oil companies as the industry turns a page on the 2014-2017 downturn. Supermajors BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Plc met or exceeded estimates thanks to trading gains ...

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• 7 May

  India mulls solar tender with a focus on factories

  Bloomberg India is considering a new tender to develop solar power equipment manufacturing that doesn’t include a requirement to also generate electricity, a move aimed at sparking investor interest, according to people with knowledge of the plan. In addition to separating manufacturing of solar cells and modules from generation, the government may also offer some form of financial aid. There ...

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• 7 May

  Green New Deal could help utilities

  Bloomberg An industry that didn’t exactly champion the rise of renewables may be a surprising beneficiary of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal: utilities. The plan pressed by the freshman congresswoman from the Bronx aims to rid America’s power grids of carbon emissions. That could help speed up existing trends in the sector, including coal retirements and the increasing deployment of ...

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• 7 May

  India’s Bharti Airtel falters in war with Reliance Jio

  

  Bloomberg In a war for the control of India’s billion-plus mobile-services market, tycoon Sunil Mittal seems to be floundering in the face of a juggernaut unleashed by Mukesh Ambani. For at least a fourth quarter in a row, Mittal’s Bharti Airtel Ltd shored up its profits with one-time gains, masking headwinds posed by upstart Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. Jio’s roll-out, ...

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• 7 May

  Singapore to roll out 5G mobile networks by 2020

  

  Bloomberg Singapore’s mobile phone carriers are being asked to take a step towards introducing fifth-generation (5G) wireless services as early as next year as the government plans to allocate spectrum for at least two networks. The city-state’s telecom regulator will request proposals from the companies, which include Singapore Telecommunications Ltd and StarHub Ltd, later this year, the Infocomm Media Development ...

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• 7 May

  India gold imports surge amid demand

  

  Bloomberg Gold imports by India surged in April amid falling prices and higher demand ahead of the second-biggest gold-buying day in the Hindu calendar. Inbound shipments grew to 121 tons last month from 52.8 tons a year earlier, according to a person familiar with the data, who asked not to be identified as the information isn’t public. Shipments were higher ...

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• 7 May

  Luckin Coffee seeks to raise up to $510 million in US IPO

  

  Bloomberg Luckin Coffee Inc, the ambitious startup that is challenging Starbucks Corp in the race to dominate China’s growing coffee culture, is seeking to raise as much as $510 million in its US initial public offering. The Xiamen-based company said in a filing that it’s planning to sell 30 million American depositary shares for $15 to $17 each. At that ...

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• 7 May

  Thyssenkrupp positive over Tata Steel deal

  

  Bloomberg Thyssenkrupp AG sees room for reaching an agreement with the European Commission on a planned joint venture with Tata Steel Ltd as “further discussion” with Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager is set for next week. “The EU commission has taken the adjustments to the remedies offered by Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel as an opportunity to conduct another market test,” Peter ...

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• 7 May

  Jokowi scouts sites as Indonesia capital move gathers pace

  

  Bloomberg Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrived in Borneo island to survey possible locations for a new capital, fast-tracking a plan to move the administrative headquarters out of over-crowded and congested Jakarta. Widodo, known as Jokowi, arrived at Balikpapan city in East Kalimantan and visited Bukit Soeharto, one of the locations being considered for the capital, his office said in a ...

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• 7 May

  Canada likely to proceed with Trans Mountain expansion

  

  Bloomberg The Canadian government is likely to proceed with expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline when it announces its decision next month, officials familiar with the matter say. The government has made no secret about its interest in finding a way to expand the conduit, but has tiptoed around the matter to avoid opening any decision up to legal ...

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