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‘Show me the barrels’: Oil prices set to spike as OPEC and Trump go head-to-head, analysts say

OPEC producers and President Donald Trump are both embracing a “show me” attitude to energy market uncertainty, analysts told CNBC on Friday, as traders speculate about the possibility of $100 a barrel before year-end.

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Publisher buys Billy Bunter catalogue

Oxford company Rebellion now has the world’s biggest collection of English language comic book properties.

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Tesla’s Musk pulled the plug on a settlement with the SEC at the last minute

Under the deal, Musk and Tesla would have had to pay a nominal fine, and he would not have had to admit guilt, but Musk would have been barred as chairman for two years, according to sources. 

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China’s overseas investment drops in 2017 for the first time on record

China’s annual outward direct investment dropped 19.3 percent to $158.29 billion in 2017, according to a government report released Friday.

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Ryanair cancels 250 flights as strike action hits tens of thousands

Pilots and cabin crew in six countries walk out in a dispute over contracts and conditions.

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Millennium hotels boss Jennifer Fox leaves after three months

The chief executive of Millennium & Copthorne, Jennifer Fox, will receive a £1m pay-off.

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‘Possible’ for Chinese yuan to fall another 10 percent if trade war escalates, economist says

The Chinese yuan could depreciate by another 10 percent against the greenback if the U.S. continues to raise tariffs on Chinese imports, independent economist Andy Xie says.

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A Boeing 737 crashed in a lagoon off Micronesia. All passengers and crew were evacuated safely

Air Niugini said its Boeing 737-800 aircraft, P2-PXE, landed short of the runway at Chuuk International Airport.  

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Who is Elon Musk?

Meet the man who inspired Iron Man’s alter ego Tony Stark.

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Italy boosts its deficit target, defying the EU and rattling global markets

The leftist Five Star Movement and the right-wing Lega agreed Thursday night on a 2.4 percent deficit target for 2019.