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Fed says U.S. economy ended 2018 with solid but weakening growth

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WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. economy maintained “solid” growth through the second half of 2018, likely expanding “just under” 3 percent for the year, though consumer and business spending had begun to weaken, the Federal Reserve said on Friday in its semi-annual monetary policy report to Congress. FILE PHOTO: Flags fly over the Read More

China denies banning Australian coal, says imports continue as normal

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry has denied reports of putting restrictions on coal shipments from Australia. Delays in handling coal imports were due to stepped up inspections to protect the environment, it said on Friday. “In recent years, China Customs has found that some of the imported coal didn’t meet our environmental protection standards when it Read More

Enerflex Announces Record Bookings and Backlog with Fourth Quarter 2018 Financial Results and Quarterly Dividend

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CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Enerflex Ltd. (TSX:EFX) (“Enerflex” or “the Company” or “we” or “our”), a leading supplier of products and services to the global energy industry, today reported its financial and operating results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2018. Summary Table of Fourth Quarter and Twelve Read More

Third Point claims 300 percent return on activism since 2011

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BOSTON (Reuters) – Pushing companies to perform better has earned Third Point a 300 percent return in the last eight years, the hedge fund told investors in a letter on Thursday, praising management at some of its targets for taking the right steps. FILE PHOTO: Daniel S. Loeb, founder of Third Point LLC, participates in Read More

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. Announces Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2018 Results

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DENVER, Feb. 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ: XOG) (“Extraction” or the “Company”) today reported financial and operational results for the fourth-quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2018. Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2018 Highlights Fourth quarter average net sales volumes of 85,780 barrels of oil equivalent per day (BOE/d), including 46,584 Read More

China bans Australian coal imports as diplomatic tensions over Huawei intensify

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One of China’s biggest ports has put restrictions on shipments of coal from Australia, its top supplier of anthracite, casting a shadow upon Australia’s second largest export earner. The Port of Dalian is set to cap overall coal imports from all sources at 12 million tons until the end of 2019, according to an official Read More

Musk’s ambitious new ‘Starship’ project might be undone… by bird poop

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SpaceX’s new launch vehicle system, called Starship, will replace its current rockets, and may be the first craft to bring humans to Mars. The high tech ship has one potential weakness, however: bird poop. Starship will reportedly be fully reusable and extremely cheap to launch. Musk has made the rather bold claim that round-trip tickets Read More

Airbus pencils in orders for new A321XLR jet: sources

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PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus has begun lining up tentative orders for a longer-range version of its A321 jetliner, seeking to exploit signs of hesitation at arch-rival Boeing over whether to develop a new model in a hotly contested niche of the airplane market. A logo of Airbus is seen on a wall at Airbus headquarters Read More

Former teacher & mother of 4 becomes Russia’s 2nd female billionaire

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The owner of Russia’s biggest web retailer, Tatyana Bakalchuk, has entered the list of Russian billionaires. She managed to build her company, Wildberries, from scratch into a US$1.2 billion firm. This year, Wildberries – the leader of Russian online retailing, where you can find hundreds of thousands of items from clothing to electronics – has Read More

Google's new cloud boss has big task to catch rivals, Reuters data show

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google has a new cloud computing boss and big ambitions to someday produce more revenue from that business than from advertising. A Google logo is seen at the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., November 1, 2018. REUTERS/ Stephen Lam Now comes the hard part: winning over big-spending customers. Alphabet Read More

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Economic Data In Focus

[shortened version by dieselgasoil news] This morning we see three key reports of economic data for investors to mull over Major U S indexes now have their eyes on a possible ninth straight week of closing in the green but based on more speculation and hopefulness than actual statistics Being Thursd [.....]

UK's Serious Fraud Office drops probes at Rolls Royce, GSK

(Reuters) – Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has dropped long-running investigations into individuals at aero engine maker Rolls-Royce and drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline, adding to a growing list of cases where the agency has failed to land convictions. A sign is displayed in an unmarked Serious Fr [.....]

AutoNation misses profit, revenue estimates; names new CEO

Vehicles for sale are pictured on the lot at AutoNation Toyota dealership in Cerritos, California December 9, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni (Reuters) – AutoNation Inc reported lower-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue on Friday, as the largest U.S. auto retailer sold fewer new vehicles, and the [.....]

Powerful 7.5 magnitude quake hits Peru-Ecuador border

A very powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake has struck eastern Ecuador close to its border with Peru, officials have said. The US Geological Survey said Friday morning’s quake hit around 17km (10 miles) from the town of Montalvo, Ecuador, at a depth of 132km (182 miles). Most major earthquakes in South [.....]

‘Straight out of Dr Strangelove’: Analysts slam Trump’s plan to trade nuclear secrets with Saudis

Donald Trump’s mercantile courtship with Saudi Arabia, which now reportedly seeks to acquire US nuclear know-how, is placing the world in danger, analysts told RT, warning that Riyadh could develop atomic weapons to nuke Iran. “It is very, very alarming. It’s a terrible thing to spread this kind of [.....]

IS brides' utopian fantasy has ended in de facto imprisonment

By John Sparks, news correspondent, in Syria It was quickly clear to me that time spent in a special camp reserved for the family members of Islamic State is a form of punishment – and their sentence has already begun. The camp is called al Hawl and people who are trying to run it – […] [.....]

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Galaxy Fold: The internet reacts to Samsung's flexible phone

Media playback is unsupported on your device “How much!?!” It wasn’t so long ago that the tech press got in a tizz over the first $1,000 (£766) smartphones. Now we’re being expected to stump up roughly double that for the entry-level version of Samsung’s Galaxy Fold. Yes, the phone-tablet hybrid see [...]

Could Huawei threaten the Five Eyes alliance?

In the shiny, optimistic vision of the future we will all be living in “smart cities” in which self-driving cars will check the best routes after being charged up on intelligent, connected power grids. Public services and safety will be carefully managed though data, while devices in our homes will [...]