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ConocoPhillips to sell Indonesia assets for over $1 billion
(Reuters) -U.S. oil and gas producer ConocoPhillips said on Wednesday it will sell its assets in Indonesia for $1.355 billion to domestic energy company MedcoEnergi. ConocoPhillips also said it was ex...
Dec 08, 2021
Oil spill in Nigeria’s Delta halted, state official says
YENAGOA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A wellhead that has been spilling oil and gas in Nigeria's Bayelsa state has been successfully shut, more than a month after it started polluting the Delta creeks, the sta...
Dec 08, 2021
UK fines water co Severn Trent 1.5 million pounds for sewage discharges
(Reuters) - Water company Severn Trent has been fined 1.5 million pounds ($1.98 million) for illegal sewage discharges, Britain's Environment Agency said on Wednesday, after the country launched a maj...
Dec 08, 2021
ECB should maintain sequence of future policy moves: Schnabel
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Central Bank should not change the sequence of its future policy moves, even if that risks pushing up government borrowing costs, but may need a backstop to prevent ...
Dec 08, 2021
AI video avatar platform Synthesia raises $50 million in venture capital
By Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) - Synthesia, a London-based artificial intelligence startup that creates video avatars of real people, said on Wednesday it raised $50 million from Silicon Valley venture ...
Dec 08, 2021
YouTube stays on Roku devices as companies strike multi-year deal
By Paresh Dave (Reuters) - YouTube and Roku Inc announced on Wednesday a multi-year pact to end a battle that dragged for months over accusations of anti-competitive conduct and threatened to strip th...
Dec 08, 2021
JPMorgan says 2022 to see full global recovery
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. investment bank JP Morgan predicted on Wednesday that 2022 will mark the end of the coronavirus pandemic and see a full global economic recovery. The bank's outlook report for ...
Dec 08, 2021
Global airlines say nations over-reacted to Omicron variant
PARIS (Reuters) - The head of global airlines body IATA criticised governments for worsening the Omicron scare through snap border measures or "rip-off" testing regimes and urged politicians to let tr...
Dec 08, 2021
Rouble firms as Biden-Putin talks soothe nerves
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian rouble firmed past 74 to the dollar on Wednesday, supported by the central bank's intention to raise rates and an increase in market risk appetite after a much-anticipat...
Dec 08, 2021
IMF warns Bosnian Serb separatists against dismantling tax regime
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday warned Bosnia's autonomous Serb Republic against dismantling the state tax authority, saying that such a move would cut off a ke...
Dec 08, 2021
Peoria, IL, USA
43 °F Thunderstorm In Vicinity, Light Rain, Mist
