June 2 (Reuters) - BP Plc agreed on Thursday to pay
$175 million to shareholders who brought a class-action lawsuit
that accused the oil company of misleading them by understating
the severity of the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
SINGAPORE, June 3 (Reuters) - Diesel, one of the worst
performing fuels in the refining complex for years, has seen its
fortunes turn around as extreme hot weather has boosted demand,
especially at power generators in South Asia.
SINGAPORE, June 3 (Reuters) - Noble Group is
raising $500 million in a fully underwritten rights issue and
its chairman and biggest shareholder Richard Elman will step
down within 12 months, as the company struggles with weak
markets and the fallout from an accounting dispute.
SINGAPORE, June 3 (Reuters) - Noble Group said it
is raising $500 million in a fully underwritten rights issue and
its chairman and biggest shareholder Richard Elman will step
down within 12 months, as the company struggles with weak
markets and the fallout from an accounting dispute.
LAUNCESTON, Australia, June 3 (Reuters) - There are two ways
of looking at the OPEC meeting in Vienna, and neither is wrong.
Firstly it was a success as the Saudis and Iranians managed to
be relatively nice to each other, and secondly it was a failure
because everybody can still pump as much oil as they feel like.
MELBOURNE/SYDNEY, June 3 (Reuters) - When Frances Miao put
solar panels on the rooftop of her three-storey home in the
Sydney suburb of Hunters Hill, the emergency doctor planned to
wait five years before spending more on battery storage.
It may be time to re-think J. Paul Getty's famous formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
To celebrate six months since we kicked off our coverage of Asian grains markets, here are a handful of trends that have emerged in this space.
NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) - Two years ago there
were questions over whether Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
could get a visa to enter the United States. Next week he visits
Washington as one of President Barack Obama's closest
international partners.
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