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...“The remarkable March payroll gain is the leading edge of the coming hiring boom,” said Lydia Boussour, lead US economist at Oxford Economics....
...Brent crude, the international benchmark, hit $80 per barrel last week for the first time since 2014....
...Lydia Rainforth, analyst at Barclays, said Total’s announcement would be well received by investors as “a reflection of the confidence the management team has in the cash generation of the business”....
...One group that has found the rise in crude very welcome is investors in oil companies, which are enjoying “windfall profitability”, in the words of Lydia Rainforth of Barclays....
...Lydia Rainforth, analyst at Barclays, said the buyback was “an important signal” from the BP board and management “that financial and operating momentum is building”....
...Brent crude prices averaged $46/barrel during the period, down from $50.50 a year earlier. Repsol shares closed up 1.7 per cent at €12.50....
...Despite fears among some Shell shareholders that the Anglo-Dutch oil major is paying too much for BG after a 70 per cent-plus slide in Brent crude prices since mid-2014, to just $31 a barrel, 83.1 per cent...
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