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Ten Trading Days That Shook Financial Markets

The pain, said Shuntaro Takeuchi, was 10 out of 10. Not in the portfolio of Japanese stocks he runs out of Palo Alto, California, but in his appendix. It would have to come out, just as his colleagues at Matthews Asia were on a phone call to chart the $7 billion asset manager’s path through …

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Oil Producers Seek to Shore up Finances Amid Crude Price Plunge

Summary • Brazil plans extra auction for offshore oil areas • Kuwait to tap international debt market for first time since 2017 • Russia’s economy expected to contract further from oil price decline • Saudi Arabia stands ready for policies to keep fiscal position strong: spokesperson April 11 (Reuters) – Oil-dependent governments are coming under …

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OPEC Output Hikes, Trade Wars Have US Oil Producers Wary of ‘Drill Baby Drill’

Summary Oil at $55 a barrel, down from $78 before Trump inauguration US oil rig count expected to drop if crude stays below $60 Tariffs will hike costs for steel and oil-drilling gear Reuters) – President Donald Trump moved on his first day in office to increase U.S. oil and gas production, but the country’s …

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US Will No Longer Require Green Analyses on Western States’ Oil, Gas Leases

(Reuters) – The Trump administration said on Thursday that it will no longer require environmental impact statements for oil and gas leases across the U.S. West, in a step toward lifting green hurdles to drilling that environmental groups will likely challenge in court. The Interior Department said in a release that it will no longer …

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US EIA Warns of Lower Oil Demand From Tariffs and Trade Uncertainty

(Reuters) – Recent developments in global trade policy are set to lower global oil and fuel demand growth through 2026, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Thursday in its monthly short-term energy outlook report. The U.S. Department of Energy’s statistical arm cut its annual U.S. and global oil demand growth forecasts for both …

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New LNG Plant to Boost Venture Global Profits as Calcasieu Serves Long-Term Customers

(Reuters) – Venture Global Inc is about to start selling liquefied natural gas cargoes from a Louisiana export terminal to long-term customers rather than to the highest global bidder, but it plans to employ the controversial but lucrative practice at a new and bigger terminal that it is starting up. On April 15, Venture Global …

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Oil Prices Set to Drop for a Second Week as US-China Trade War to Cut Demand

(Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Friday and were set to drop for a second week on concerns prolonged trade war between the United States and China, the world’s largest economies, will crush crude consumption as their dispute curtails economic growth. Brent futures fell 31 cents, 0.5%, to $63.02 a barrel by 0153 GMT, while …

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