Column: ‘We need to talk about Donald’ – The elephant in crude oil’s uncertain world; Saudi Arabia Names New Energy Minister; Big Oil vs Farm Majors: Ethanol Tussle Is Heading to Asia; Saudi Arabia Aims to Restore a Third of Lost Oil Output Monday and The Electric Cars Are Here. Now How About Selling Them.
Saudis Lean on Oil-Trading Contacts in Push to Become Big in LNG; Glencore’s risk appetite dwindles, fueling focus on safer regions; The 3 companies that are shaping the future of food and Sinochem unit discussing blockchain platform with Shell, Macquarie.
Billionaire industrialist David Koch, dies at 79; Copenhagen aims to become the world’s first carbon neutral capital by 2025; British Airways joins partnership with Velocys for sustainable jet fuel project; Asia digs up and burns three-quarters of the world’s coal; a political crisis arises in Paraguay due to a secret hydropower deal with Brazil and Shell enters Australia power market with $418m deal.
In the wake of the financial crisis, tighter regulation of banks hit trade financing banks hard, with an estimated $1.5 trillion shortfall opening up between the demand and supply of trade finance.
Recent developments in food and nutrition show more discerning Asian consumers keeping pace with other markets when it comes to demand for healthy alternatives
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