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Australia reassures on China iron ore processing changes
By Kirsty Needham and Melanie Burton SYDNEY/MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Australian government said on Thursday a change in China's iron ore inspection procedures should streamline customs clearance of A...
May 21, 2020
Shell evacuates foreign staff from Iraq’s Basra Gas project: executives
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Shell has evacuated its foreign staff, numbering around 60, from Iraq's Basra Gas Company and flew them out of Iraq on Wednesday, two Basra Gas Company executives told Reuters....
May 21, 2020
JPMorgan plans to hire a dozen research analysts for China brokerage: sources
By Sumeet Chatterjee and Michelle Price HONG KONG/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co plans to hire at least 12 equity research analysts in China this year, two people with knowledge of the mat...
May 21, 2020
Generali first-quarter net profit down 85% after write-offs related to Covid-19 crisis
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's biggest insurer Assicurazioni Generali said on Thursday first quarter net profit fell 85% with respect to a year earlier after 655 million euros of impairments due to the impa...
May 21, 2020
Explainer: Argentina’s race to solve $323 billion debt conundrum
By Adam Jourdan BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina is racing to avoid a messy ninth sovereign default as it firefights recession, stubborn inflation and increasingly wary investors, who have pushed th...
May 21, 2020
Wanted: New head of WTO. Must thrive under global pressure and conflict
By Emma Farge and Philip Blenkinsop GENEVA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Against the backdrop of a global pandemic, steep recession, intensifying U.S-China tensions and rising protectionism, the WTO needs to n...
May 21, 2020
Britons spurned by banks caught in a coronavirus credit crunch
By Sinead Cruise and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) - When a payroll glitch left Natalie Gallagher so short of cash this month she couldn't afford her bus fare to work, she turned to her usual lender A...
May 21, 2020
Sellers beware: Price collapse triggers bartering over oil and gas deals
By Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) - The collapse in oil prices to 21-year lows has led potential buyers of oil and gas fields to try and renegotiate deals already agreed at higher prices, with the f...
May 21, 2020
CNPC experts call for reform of China’s refined oil pricing scheme
By Muyu Xu and Tom Daly BEIJING (Reuters) - Researchers at an energy think tank affiliated with China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) are calling for the reform of China's fuel pricing system by removi...
May 21, 2020
China to receive rare U.S. ethanol shipment on Friday: sources
By Florence Tan and Hallie Gu SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) - A rare ethanol shipment of U.S. origin is expected to arrive in China this month, according to three industry sources and shipping data, pro...
May 20, 2020
