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...Where does that leave the oil companies that have not reported yet?...
...This time Republican state Senator Dan Bishop will be hoping to beat Democrat Dan McCready. Here’s what to look out for....
...He has sought to make investments overseas after his investment vehicle received $14bn from the sale of stake in oil company TNK-BP to state-run Rosneft in 2013 after a hardball battle with BP....
...Due.Diligence@ft.com Saudi Arabia: The world’s most influential LP Saudi Arabia is busy selling off a piece of its oil company in order to invest in US infrastructure and global technology....
...Carlyle Group has beaten rival private equity groups to reach a $3.2bn deal with Total for the French company’s Atotech chemicals business....
...business to private equity heavyweight Carlyle Group as European energy majors look to sell off non-core assets to shore up their balance sheets and protect dividend payments in a climate of continued weak oil...
...The market for rotorcraft to reach offshore oil and gas rigs may have slackened in the wake of the fall in the oil price....
...Today, the group’s flagship TPG V fund is still valued at less than 100 cents on the dollar, as several investments of more than $1bn in equity such as Washington Mutual and Aleris have already gone bust...
...Subsequently, oil companies have been among the biggest users of crisis management services. Regester’s clients include Shell , ExxonMobil and Total ....
...Which makes the emerging (and ugly) US v UK meme in bashing BP rather less black and white. Beyond patriotism, indeed....
...Mr Draaisma advises clients to stay in the stocks for now, but stick to telecom companies, utilities, and oil. Yet he too expects a nasty correction once this rally falters....
...On the boundary Rain prevented play in the Grinders v Fixers cricket match to benefit DebRA, a charity for dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, a disabling genetic condition (Mudlark, July 14)....
...A £400 Christmas hamper has been created to celebrate V&C's 70th anniversary this year....
...The Globe opened in 1997, with a performance of Henry V. To the great sadness of all involved, Wanamaker was not there, cancer having claimed him three and a half years earlier....
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