Energy Update
SAO PAULO, June 16 (Reuters) - Brazil's tourism minister,
Henrique Eduardo Alves, resigned on Thursday, according to the
president's office, making him the third minister to leave the
month-old government of interim President Michel Temer.
VANCOUVER, June 16 (Reuters) - Canada's energy regulator on
Thursday officially launched its 21-month review of TransCanada
Corp's Energy East pipeline, which would carry crude
from Alberta's oil sands to refineries and export terminals in
Eastern Canada.
David Elward looks behind speculators' decision to target sugar, with it having offered significantly higher returns than other commodities, including crude oil and precious metals.
LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - Top decision makers at Libya's
$67 billion sovereign wealth fund were "illiterate" in terms of
investment with little knowledge of the derivatives instruments
purchased on the advice of Goldman Sachs, an adviser to the fund
told a court on Thursday.
ABOARD THE USS MASON, June 16 (Reuters) - A U.S. warship
took its first delivery of Italian-made biofuel on Thursday as
part of the Navy's programme to use more alternative energy.
UNITED NATIONS, June 16 (Reuters) - The Kiev government is
outraged by remarks made by United Nations Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon about the crucial role Russia can play in ending
conflicts, and no longer believes he has any moral authority,
Ukraine's U.N. envoy said on Thursday.
SAO PAULO, June 16 (Reuters) - Credit Suisse Group AG
said an internal investigation found no evidence that a
former employee, Sérgio Firmeza Machado, used his position at
the bank to help his father funnel illicit campaign donations to
Brazilian politicians as part of a sweeping corruption scandal.
ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 16 (Reuters) - Global oil
company chiefs showed up in force to Russia's main investor show
on Thursday, but deals were slow to materialise as they blamed
low crude prices for cutting their scope to invest.
June 16 (Reuters) - A Venezuelan businessman has pleaded
guilty to charges arising out of his participation in a scheme
to corruptly obtain contracts from Venezuela's state oil
company, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
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