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...Deep dive BP is betting big on the Gulf, 14 years after the Deepwater Horizon explosion caused the biggest offshore oil spill in US history, The Wall Street Journal reports....
...Dealmaker Bruce Rauner, who would later become the governor of Illinois, and Bryan Cressey became part of its leadership, forming Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner Inc before Thoma and Cressey split away in...
...I think this is a golden period for the United States and Japan’s relationship....
...One of the fund’s own investors — Gulf Investment Authority, say — then covers the remaining 30 per cent....
...Some companies made so much money that nostalgic allocators were reminded of the industry’s “golden age”....
...Dubai is to launch a company with Careem, the regional rival to Uber, to manage the ride-hailing system for all taxis operating in the Gulf’s commercial hub....
...Meanwhile, here’s what we know so far about two Saudi oil tankers attacked in the Gulf at the weekend....
...A first wave of US LNG plants has been under construction along the Gulf of Mexico coast....
...He added that the Cana-Woodford formation was ideally placed to supply LNG export plants on the Gulf of Mexico coast of Texas and Louisiana. Gas is typically less lucrative than crude....
...Uber has agreed with Dubai’s transport regulator to study lower-cost options for customers using the ride-hailing app in the Gulf’s commercial centre, forging a compromise between the Roads & Transport Authority...
...Many UAE-based drivers, who generally operate on limousine or general transport licences, often work for both Uber and Careem....
...Imperial, whose brands include Winston, Gauloises and Golden Virginia, said in a trading update: The benefit from price increases has been offset by a combination of adverse mix, particularly in the UK,...
...In February, Imperial, whose brands include Winston, Gauloises and Golden Virginia cited disruption in Iraq and Syria for a drop in the amount of tobacco it sold in the final three months of 2015....
...since the Exxon Valdez tanker spilled gallons of crude oil in the Gulf of Alaska in 1989....
...Qatar, for instance, was a frontier markets favourite but the Gulf state has now moved into the more widely tracked (and invested) emerging markets indices. Countries can also go the other way....
...This year’s marked the golden anniversary of his and Charlie Munger’s control of Berkshire Hathaway so he dredged up 50 years of mistakes....
...beyondbrics Related reading: [video] Iraq on the edge – FT Voices from Baghdad, FT Magazine International companies aim to set up shop in Iraq despite violence, FT Iraq: can a dusty war zone become a golden...
...So is Iraq descending back into chaos and anarchy, or are portfolio investors missing out on a golden opportunity that banks, hotel chains and property developers have already spotted?...
...There are naturally occurring oil-eating bacteria that helped clean up the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, for example....
...US refiners’ shares have not generally regained their peaks in the boom of the mid-2000s, sometimes known as “the golden age of refining”....
...“Iranian artists are approaching a golden period,” he said. tehranauction.com...
...Bear in mind the massive gulf between services such as Netflix’s, at $8 a month or less, and cable, costing $100 a month or more....
...Weekend headlines from the FT and other UK media:* From The FT, - The US government is holding the first sale of oil leases in the Gulf of Mexico since last year’s Deepwater Horizon disaster - Norilsk...
...If it wants “to sustain its place and secure another golden era of growth it will have to open its economy,” she adds....
...Meanwhile, Qatar has been talking to oil-rich Gulf partners about a new plan to create a Middle East Development Bank to support Arab states in transitions to democracy....
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