(ShareCast News) - Shell said it was increasing the level of cost cuts from its merger with BG Group to $4.5bn from $3.5bn. In an update, the company said it expected to "achieve and exceed the $3.5bn synergies prospectus commitment earlier than expected, in 2017, when synergies should be $4bn. "Ou
Read more(ShareCast News) - Mining megalodons dominated the blue-chip winners' ladder as they advanced in correlation with firming precious and industrial metals prices, supported by Coca-Cola HBC's fizz higher. Anglo American led the pack by a good distance as it stacked on a hearty 11.25%. It was followed
Read more(Adds quote, details) CAPE TOWN, June 6 (Reuters) - Ghana expects to start importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) early next year, the acting chief executive of Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) said on Monday, adding that it was in discussion with a range of traders. Alex Mo
Read more(ShareCast News) - Investors need not be overly-concerned about the risks to Royal Dutch Shell's dividend, although the likelihood of a projected $25bn share buyback over four years might be a wholly different question, analysts at SocGen said. At its 7 June analysts meeting, the company would need
Read moreCAPE TOWN, June 6 (Reuters) - Ghana's National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) was in discussion with a range of traders and expected its first order of imported liquefied natural gas early next year, a senior official said on Monday. Alex Mould, acting chief executive at GNPC, said they were
Read more(ShareCast News) - Investors need not be overly-concerned about the risks to Royal Dutch Shell´s dividend, although the likelihood of a projected $25bn share buyback over four years might be a wholly different question, analysts at SocGen said. At its 7 June analysts meeting, the company would need
Read more(ShareCast News) - Labour is considering backing the idea of a universal basic income - a radical transformation of the welfare state that would ditch means-tested benefits in favour of a flat-rate payment. John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, who is keen to find policies to match his slogan of a
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