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Energy units lift Siemens’ profit well above forecasts

Energy units lift Siemens’ profit well above forecasts

German industrial group Siemens beat expectations for second-quarter profit as it accelerated a cost-cutting programme and lifted its savings target…
Afreximbank seeks to raise US$3 bln this year: bank president

Afreximbank seeks to raise US$3 bln this year: bank president

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) will seek to raise around US$3 billion this year via Eurobonds, syndications and bi-lateral and…
Saudi plans stock market reforms to draw foreign money

Saudi plans stock market reforms to draw foreign money

Saudi Arabia announced a string of reforms to its stock market that could attract billions of dollars of fresh foreign…
Tokyo slide keeps mood downbeat

Tokyo slide keeps mood downbeat

A 3 percent plunge in the Tokyo stock exchange and falls in European banking shares added to a gloomy global…
Kuwait freedoms make austerity drive tricky for government

Kuwait freedoms make austerity drive tricky for government

A three-day strike by oil workers in Kuwait last month over pay reforms shows the government faces considerable opposition as…
Halliburton and Baker Hughes scrap $28 billion merger

Halliburton and Baker Hughes scrap $28 billion merger

Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co (HAL.N) and smaller rival Baker Hughes Inc (BHI.N) announced the termination of their $28 billion…
Daimler hires Deloitte for internal emissions probe

Daimler hires Deloitte for internal emissions probe

Daimler (DAIGn.DE) has hired auditor Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu to help with an internal investigation into its diesel-engine emissions technology requested…
Blacklisted oil tanker returns to Libya’s Zawiya port

Blacklisted oil tanker returns to Libya’s Zawiya port

A tanker that Libya's rival eastern government had been using to try to export oil in defiance of the Western-backed…
IEA chief says oil price bottoming depends on global growth

IEA chief says oil price bottoming depends on global growth

International Energy Agency (IEA) chief Fatih Birol said on Sunday that oil prices may have bottomed out, providing that the…
Apple’s stock suffers worst week since 2013

Apple’s stock suffers worst week since 2013

Apple Inc on Friday ended its worst week on the stock market since 2013 as worries festered about a slowdown…
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