Category: energy

Jul 3

African Infrastructure Fund Targets $500 Million in First Close

Article content (Bloomberg) — Africa50, a Morocco-based investment platform, seeks to raise $500 million in the first close of its Infrastructure Acceleration Fund that will invest in energy, transportation, telecommunication and water projects. Article content The platform started more than a decade ago by the African Development Bank and African governments aims to help bridge […]
Jun 30

Fed’s Goolsbee Says More Data Needed to Determine Next Interest Rate Move

Article content (Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said it’s too soon to say whether policymakers should raise rates or hold them steady in July, but said inflation remains well above target and has proved more persistent than expected. While some measures of inflation have improved, other categories aren’t coming down […]
Jun 28

GOP Lawmakers Accuse FTC Chair Khan of ‘Misleading’ Testimony

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Republicans leading two powerful House committees are accusing Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan of giving “misleading testimony” before Congress in April over her participation in the agency’s Meta Platforms Inc. probe. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Emily Birnbaum and Leah Nylen Published Jun 28, 2023  •  2 minute […]
Jun 27

Biden Seeks to Shield Taxpayers From Costs of Cleaning Up Aging Offshore Oil Wells

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business The Biden administration on Tuesday outlined its plan for ensuring oil companies have enough money set aside to clean up old offshore platforms, as costs mount for decommissioning decades-old infrastructure in the Gulf of Mexico. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Jennifer A. Dlouhy Published Jun 27, 2023  •  2 […]
Jun 26

Trafigura Cuts Mexico Oil-Trader Jobs as Policies Crimp Margins

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Trafigura Group is cutting oil-trader positions in Mexico as the government’s nationalist policies squeeze its profit margins. Author of the article: Bloomberg News Lucia Kassai Published Jun 26, 2023  •  2 minute read Join the conversation An oil pump jack at the New Harmony Oil Field in Grayville, Illinois. Photographer: […]
Jun 23

Auto Union Blasts $9.2 Billion Ford Loan for Creating ‘Low-Road Jobs’

Article content (Bloomberg) — The United Auto Workers union criticized a $9.2 billion US government loan to Ford Motor Co. and South Korea’s SK On as a “massive” handout to a venture creating “low-road jobs.” Article content “Why is Joe Biden’s administration facilitating this corporate greed with taxpayer money?” UAW President Shawn Fain said in […]