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“Our kids are grown and independent, and we are very comfortable financially.”
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In a reversal of fortune, oil companies in Colombia, where outgoing president Gustavo Petro has all but barred exploration for the last four years, are scoping out Venezuela.
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BlackRock Inc.’s Global Infrastructure Partners and Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. are among private equity firms shortlisted to buy a stake in a Kuwaiti pipeline network, indicating sustained interest for marquee Gulf assets despite a monthslong war that’s impacted regional production and roiled energy markets globally.
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Oil prices fell after Israel and Iran agreed to halt strikes against each other, easing fears of a broader regional conflict that had briefly driven crude higher.
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State Bank of India plans to join a group of global lenders in funding Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.’s $12 billion overseas acquisition, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Ukraine’s agricultural sector suffered direct losses of more than $11 billion as Russian drone strikes intensified sharply at the end of last year, according to Deputy Economy Minister Taras Vysotskyi.
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Intesa Sanpaolo CEO Carlo Messina discusses the lender's offer to buy Italian rival Banca Monte dei Paschi for €30.6 billion ($35.3 billion). "The only real offer now in the market is the Intesa Sanpaolo offer," Messina tells Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua, calling Banco BPM's proposal of a merger of equals merely a "love letter." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Actress Jennifer Aniston’s boyfriend Jim Curtis has delisted his longtime New York City home after four months—and a few weeks after the couple marked their one-year anniversary.
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As conflict ripples through the Persian Gulf, Dubai’s dependence on trade and travel has become an economic vulnerability.
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Crude prices stay below $100 a barrel as China’s import cuts help eke out global stockpiles
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