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Russia’s Lukoil spends $1.5 billion to raise stake in Azeri gas project
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's second-largest oil producer Lukoil has closed a deal to buy a 9.99% stake in Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz natural gas project from Malaysian oil and gas company Petronas for $1....
Feb 18, 2022
U.S. unveils tool to direct green investment to disadvantaged communities
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Friday launched a beta version of a tool that will be used to determine where to invest bilions of federal dollars to bring clean energy ...
Feb 18, 2022
U.N. pact may restrict plastic production. Big Oil aims to stop it
By John Geddie, Valerie Volcovici and Joe Brock (Reuters) - United Nations member states are set to meet this month in Nairobi to draft the blueprint for a global plastics treaty, a deal that could se...
Feb 18, 2022
Pop star Troye Sivan fights HIV stigma in first big film role
By Samuel Baugh (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Australian pop singer Troye Sivan, whose YouTube videos and music have inspired a generation of young LGBTQ+ people, wants his first major film role to c...
Feb 18, 2022
Japanese investors step up overseas asset sales this year
(Reuters) - Japan's domestic investors are selling foreign equities and bonds aggressively this year, on concerns over monetary tightening by the world's major central banks and its impact across glob...
Feb 18, 2022
Singapore plans sales tax hike from next year, more business support
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore will begin implementing an increase to its goods and services tax from next year, Finance Minister Lawrence Wong said in his budget speech on Friday, in which he also a...
Feb 18, 2022
NatWest earnings soar but rising prices bite
By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) -British bank NatWest swung to a hefty profit on the back of the country's economic recovery but said rising prices will make it harder to cut overheads, prompting it ...
Feb 18, 2022
Take Five: War and peace
(Reuters) - Tensions over Ukraine are set to keep markets on edge in the week ahead while U.S. consumer data and results from major U.S. retailers will give fresh insights into shoppers' minds as well...
Feb 18, 2022
U.S. Treasuries see biggest inflows in two years as recession risks rise – BofA
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors pumped money into U.S. Treasuries at the fastest pace in nearly two years in the week to Wednesday and yanked funds out of cash, inflation-linked debt and credit as recess...
Feb 18, 2022
New Chinese regulatory push sends Meituan, tech stocks tumbling
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Online food delivery group Meituan led a rout of Chinese technology company shares on Friday, as authorities announced a series of regulatory moves to boost growth while keeping f...
Feb 18, 2022
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