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...“There is a fine line of uncertainty,” says Amy Myers Jaffe, a professor at New York University....
...But doing so while Brent crude was trading at a lofty $90 a barrel — almost twice its long-term historical price — is a threat to a global economy stalked by inflation and mounting consumer anxiety about...
...Brent for July delivery hit a high of $123 on Tuesday compared with less than $80 at the start of this year....
...Trading around $116 a barrel on Monday, US prices are still off that peak while the Brent international benchmark hit a high of $139 before sliding back to $120....
...“Everybody’s going to be disciplined, regardless of whether it’s $75 Brent, $80 Brent, or $100 Brent,” Scott Sheffield, Pioneer’s boss, said recently....
...Brent crude closed at just above $60 on Friday....
...There have been a number of blockbuster takeovers this year, including Bristol-Myers Squibb’s purchase of biotech company Celgene for $90bn....
...Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, rose $1.09 to $71.32 a barrel....
...As part of the deal, two directors at Allergan including its chairman and chief executive, Brent Saunders, will join AbbVie’s board....
...But for Rick Gonzalez, AbbVie chief executive, and his counterpart at Allergan, Brent Saunders, the meme has significant meaning....
...Frank has a longstanding relationship with Allergan chief executive Brent Saunders, sources told DD....
...Assuming Brent at $64 a barrel, RBC estimated that Tullow could generate $400m of free cash flow this year thanks to management’s efforts to rein in spending....
...Amy Myers Jaffe wrote about Venezuela for the Council on Foreign Relations, pointing out that as the political uncertainty in the country continues, the state of its oil industry is still deteriorating,...
...Oil prices continued to slide during the week, with Brent crude down at about $73 a barrel on Friday....
...“If they orchestrate a high-profile Opec-plus cut that boosts Brent crude back up towards $70 they risk Trump’s wrath,” he says....
...Brent crude oil fell by roughly a dollar following Mr Trump’s tweet, having hit a near four-year high of $74.75 a barrel on Thursday....
...The recent stalling of the oil market recovery, with Brent crude trading back around $50 per barrel, has caused renewed nervousness as large producer nations, led by the Opec cartel, struggle to keep a lid...
...on Incyte cancer drug success Shell and BP announce results Royal Dutch Shell, reporting on Thursday, and BP will show the benefits of higher oil prices when they announce first-quarter results, with Brent...
...“When I first got here you used to have to walk around with a knife,” Aaron Brent, an inmate at Angola since 1976, told me on one of my visits to the prison....
...Brent crude was sitting higher at $50.35....
...Brent Saunders, Allergan chief executive, has made acquisitions and signed licensing agreements worth up to $7.2bn since April....
...Nonetheless, Brent, the international oil marker, rose 2.5 per cent to $45.39 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate, its US counterpart, climbed 2.9 per cent to $43.02 a barrel....
...The gain was led by the energy sector, which zoomed 1.5 per cent higher after comments from Vladimir Putin about a Russian-Opec production cut sent Brent crude prices to their highest level in a year....
...Quarterly earnings are due from Amazon, AbbVie, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ford, Time Warner Cable and many others....
...Earnings later include Alibaba, Altria, Amazon, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Time Warner and Microsoft....
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