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...Ithaca, whose majority owner is Israel’s Delek Group, said the transaction would create the second-biggest independent operator in the UK continental shelf, boosting its production above 100,000 barrels...
...South Africa’s artists were the highest-grossing African nationality by auction sales last year ($29.4mn from a continental total of $79.8mn for Modern and contemporary), though with a relatively low average...
...As continental Europe adopted the dominant Anglo-Saxon economic model, the revenue opportunities for investment banks seemed endless. They were not — a brutal bear market made sure of that....
...Cargill and Continental Grain did not immediately respond to requests for comment....
...The two hedge funds — Odey European Inc and OEI Mac, were subsequently suspended....
...In June, Hamm offered $70 per Continental share....
...It is the biggest reshaping of the top tier of agricultural commodities since Cargill, long the biggest of the pack, bought the grain assets of Continental in 1999....
...A similar survey in continental Europe the following year got 75 per cent support....
...In June, Hamm said it was in the best interests of Continental to be delisted....
...They include shale producer Continental Resources, Gulf of Mexico-focused oil company Talos Energy and Phillips 66, an oil refiner....
...Tuesday Micronesia, parliamentary elections France, widespread industrial action planned to protest about President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 Wednesday International...
...Christian Bimueller, BlackRock’s head of digital distribution in continental Europe, said that the new partnership with Bux would “create an efficient way for investors across Europe to reap the benefits...
...Yesterday, he upped his offer to take private Continental Resources, in which he already owns a majority stake....
...Its business in continental Europe is on a par with Sotheby’s and Christie’s in the region, notes Artcurial’s owner, chair and chief executive Nicolas Orlowski....
...But even if other shale bosses would like greater control over their companies, Hamm and his family’s controlling stake in Continental make him a special case....
...Soaring gas and oil prices are prompting a new wave of interest in exploration on the UK continental shelf, following years of falling investment....
...Continental, founded in 1967, first went public in 2007....
...which many new record deals were struck, including the most expensive professional club sale (the NFL’s Denver Broncos), the most highly valued English Premier League club acquisition (Chelsea FC) and continental...
...Or as someone pithily said about Harold Hamm’s bid for Continental: https://twitter.com/BearForce_Won/status/1582079299728789504?...
...Continental European gas prices are more than 14 times their average of the past decade....
...Osaka has become a cross-continental celebrity in her young tennis career....
...The volatility prompted stock exchanges in London, New York and across continental Europe to call a halt to the trading of Russia ETFs in early March, leaving investors with no way to exit....
...Chesapeake said it was also selling its Wyoming oil business to Continental Resources, controlled by shale billionaire Harold Hamm, for $450m....
...Cargill and Continental Grain will control the newly combined company through a joint venture owned in equal parts, said people briefed on the matter....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on May 12, 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
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