Feb 11 (Reuters) - France's largest bank BNP Paribas is pulling out of a niche U.S. energy lending business for the second time in four years after plunging oil prices dragged what was once seen as some of the safest energy loans into losses.
MELBOURNE, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Woodside Petroleum Ltd said on Friday it had discovered gas at its second well off Myanmar, on the opposite side of the offshore Rakhine Basin where it hit gas in January, calling the two finds "very encouraging".
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust subcommittee will hear from the top U.S. antitrust bosses next month to discuss a wave of big mergers over the past year, according to a staffer briefed on the hearing.
TORONTO, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Thursday for a fifth straight session, hitting a three-week low as disappointing corporate earnings added to broad investor unease about the global economy.
The growing pains of a rapidly transforming energy industry were prominent throughout 2015. While the macro trend toward growth in renewable energy is increasingly clear, major energy companies are evaluating, if not outright struggling with, the most effective strategies to navigate in a changing landscape.
Where will the industry stumble and where will it thrive? We asked executives at major renewable energy companies to talk to us about their worries, fears and concerns as we head into 2016.
WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan will survive despite the Supreme Court's decision this week to stay a rule on cutting carbon emissions from electricity generators, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday.
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