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Iraqi minister says BP mulls quitting Iraq, Lukoil wants to sell up By Reuters

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said in a video posted on Saturday on the ministry's Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) page that BP (LON:BP) was considering withdrawing from Iraq, and that Russia's Lukoil had sent a formal notification saying it wanted to sell its stake in the West Qurna-2 field to Chinese companies. Abdul Jabbar said the investment environment in Iraq was unsuitable for retaining major investors. The statements were made during a parliamentary session on June 29 to which Abdul Jabbar was invited, oil ministry sources said. ...

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Facebook, Instagram down for thousands of users – Downdetector By Reuters

(Reuters) - Social media platforms Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) and Instagram were down for thousands of users on Saturday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Users also reported issues with Facebook's online messaging service Messenger. Downdetector tracks outages by collating status reports from a series of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform. The outages might be affecting a larger number of users. ...

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Brazilians demonstrate against Bolsonaro, slow vaccine rollout By Reuters

RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASÍLIA (Reuters) - Protesters took to the streets in Brazil on Saturday demanding the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro and more vaccines to fight the coronavirus pandemic, as the country faces the world's second deadliest outbreak after the United States. On Friday, Supreme Court Justice Rosa Weber authorized the opening of an investigation into Bolsonaro over alleged irregularities in procurement of vaccine developed in India. The protests were originally scheduled for July 24, but were brought forward after evidence of irregularities related to that vaccine deal were presented before a Senate committee investigating...

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Factbox-Who’s buying Britain’s Morrisons? By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Morrisons, Britain's fourth-biggest supermarket group after Tesco (LON:TSCO), Sainsbury's and Asda, has agreed a 6.3 billion pound ($8.7 billion) takeover by a trio of investment groups led by Fortress Investment Group. Following are some details about the buyers of the 122-year-old Bradford, northern England, based grocer: FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP Fortress is an independently-operated global investment manager subsidiary of Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. As of March 31, it had about $53 billion in assets under management. It bought British wine seller Majestic Wine for 95 million pounds in 2019 and has invested...

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One million U.S. vaccine doses due in Malaysia on Monday By Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One million donated doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE)'s and BioNTech will arrive in Malaysia on Monday, White House officials said, with plans for more shipments to Southeast Asia soon. The doses are from an initial batch of 80 million U.S.-made vaccines the Biden administration pledged last month to share globally amid concern about the disparity in vaccination rates between advanced and developing countries. Washington has been competing with China to deepen geopolitical clout through so-called "vaccine diplomacy," although it says it is not sharing vaccines...

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Activists spray black paint over Arnault’s La Samaritaine store By Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - Activists from social justice organisation Attac on Saturday unfurled a giant banner over the headquarters of French luxury group LVMH (PA:LVMH) and sprayed black paint on the storefront of its newly revamped La Samaritaine department store in Paris to protest the growing inequality during the pandemic. The banner, which featured France's richest man LVMH boss Bernard Arnault, fellow billionaires telecoms investor Patrick Drahi, luxury group Kering (PA:PRTP)'s founder Francois Pinault and Francoise Bettencourt, daughter of the late L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, read: "The gang of profiteers". Activists said in a statement...

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Vatican judge indicts 10, including a cardinal, for alleged financial crimes By Reuters

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -A Vatican judge on Saturday ordered 10 people, including an Italian cardinal, to stand trial for alleged financial crimes including embezzlement, money laundering, fraud, extortion and abuse of office. Those indicted include Cardinal Angelo Becciu as well as the former heads of the Vatican's financial intelligence unit and two Italian brokers involved in the Vatican's purchase of a building in a luxury area of London. Becciu, who Pope Francis fired last year and who has always maintained his innocence during a two-year investigation, became the highest ranking Vatican based...

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Britain’s Morrisons agrees $8.7 billion offer from Fortress Investment Group By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) -Morrisons has agreed a takeover offer from Fortress Investment Group, which values Britain's fourth largest supermarket operator at 6.3 billion pounds ($8.7 billion). The offer from Fortress, which is backed by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Koch Real Estate Investments, exceeds the 5.52 billion pound proposal from U.S. private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R), which Morrisons rejected on June 19, saying it was far too low. Under the terms of the deal, Morrisons shareholders will receive 254 pence a share, comprising 252 pence in cash and a 2 pence cash dividend....

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Didi Drops As China Regulator Reviews Ride-Hailing Firm’s Cybersecurity By Investing.com

By Dhirendra Tripathi Investing.com – Didi Global stock (NYSE:DIDI) dropped more than 6% in Friday’s trading as China’s internet regulator said it is reviewing the cybersecurity of Didi Chuxing, the ride-hailing business of the company. Didi Global debuted on the NYSE on Wednesday. The regulator has asked the company to not register any new user while the review is underway so that potential risks don’t spread, China’s Cyberspace Administration Office said Friday. “DiDi will fully cooperate with the PRC government authority during the review.  It plans to conduct a comprehensive examination of cybersecurity risks and continue...

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FTSE finishes Friday marginally lower, US adds 850K jobs in June, USD softens By Investing.com

Key Points FTSE 100 closing price of 7122.61, -0.04% Homebuilders higher after positive note US jobs recovery continues USD softens after date Crude lower as OPEC decides Bitcoin drops below $33,000 By Samuel Indyk Investing.com – The FTSE 100 finished the session marginally lower and ended the week nursing slight losses. Homebuilders were some of the better performing stocks early on after a positive note from Jefferies. The investment bank upgraded its view on Bellway (LON:BWY) and Barratt Developments (LON:BDEV) to ‘buy’ from ‘hold’, which supported the whole sector. Travel stocks were...

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