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PRECIOUS-Gold rises on US-Iran tensions and lower European bond yields
US sets 15-day deadline for Iran to sign nuclear dealSilver, platinum and palladium set for weekly gainsUS inflation data due at 1330 GMTBy Pablo Sinha Feb 20 (Reuters) - Gold prices rose on Friday, supported by lingering tensions between the United States and Iran and lower European bond yields...Reuters
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Anglo American hit by De Beers writedown, posts $3.7 billion loss
Mining group advancing plans to shed non-core assetsCompany declares dividend of $0.23 a shareCore earnings of $6.4 billion in line with analysts' estimateBy Clara Denina LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Anglo American AAL.L posted a $3.7 billion loss on Friday after taking another writedown on its...Reuters
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Anglo American hit by De Beers writedown, posts $3.7 billion loss
Mining group advancing plans to shed non-core assetsCompany declares dividend of $0.23 a shareCore earnings of $6.4 billion in line with analysts' estimateBy Clara Denina LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Anglo American AAL.L posted a $3.7 billion loss on Friday after taking another writedown on its...Reuters
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Trump ally ties up with Russia's Novatek on natural gas in Alaska, NYT reports
Energy deals discussed during Trump-Putin talks in AlaskaDeals aimed to encourage Kremlin for Ukraine peace, ease sanctionsGentry Beach signed agreement with Novatek, project faces hurdlesMOSCOW, Feb 20 (Reuters) - American financier Gentry Beach, who has ties to U.S. President Donald Trump's fa...Reuters
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FACTBOX-What's the status of international oil companies in Venezuela?
Feb 19 (Reuters) - Here are key facts about international oil companies in Venezuela, a country with vast oil reserves but dilapidated energy infrastructure.In the 2000s, then President Hugo Chávez expropriated assets from several foreign oil companies, strengthening state-owned PDVSA’s control over...Reuters
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Oil heads for first weekly gain in three as US-Iran tensions rise
Oil prices hold near six-month highsTraders concerned over potential supply risk in Strait of HormuzDemand for call options on Brent ramped up: Saxo Bank By Anna Hirtenstein LONDON - Feb 20 (Reuters) - Oil prices hovered near six-month highs on Friday, headed for their first weekly gain in three ...Reuters
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ANALYSIS-Spain's Sanchez reaps gains from anti-Trump stance, testing ties with U.S.
Defiance on defence, migration, free speech strikes nerve in USForeign policy gives Sanchez chance to show strength Criticism of US policy popular with Spanish electorate Opposition fears Spain could be shut out of US initiativesBy Victoria Waldersee MADRID, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Pedro Sanchez’s thi...Reuters
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US negotiating with India on Venezuelan oil sale, US envoy says
Dept of Energy in talks with Indian govt on Venezuelan oil saleUS made oil supply diversification central to India trade talksInterim trade deal effective April, India trade minister saysBy Abhirami G and Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The United States is in "active negotiation&#...Reuters
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Amazon's cloud was hit by two outages involving AI tools in December, FT says
Feb 20 (Reuters) - Amazon's AMZN.O cloud unit suffered at least two outages in December stemming from errors involving its own AI tools, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. In mid-December, Amazon Web Services experienced a 13-hour interruption to a sy...Reuters
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TABLE-North Sea gas maintenance schedule
Feb 20 (Reuters) - The following is a schedule of maintenance work on gas infrastructure, mainly in the North Sea.The table is arranged by outage start date.Volumes are in standard million cubic metres per day (mcm/d) or gigawatt-hours per day (GWh/d) unless otherwise indicated.OPERATORLOCATIONOUTAG...Reuters
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PRECIOUS-Gold heads for weekly loss as dollar advances
Gold set for weekly decline of about 0.5%Dollar heads for best week in four monthsUS PCE data due at 1330 GMTGoldman sees slowdown in central bank gold buying as temporaryBy Pablo Sinha Feb 20 (Reuters) - Gold prices gained on Friday, but were set for a weekly decline as the dollar climbed to a ...Reuters
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Tullow Oil Says Ghana Petroleum Agreements Extended
Feb 20 (Reuters) - Tullow Oil PLC TLW.L:TULLOW OIL PLC - GHANA PETROLEUM AGREEMENTS EXTENDEDTULLOW OIL PLC: EXTENSION OF ITS WEST CAPE THREE POINTS AND DEEP WATER TANO PETROLEUM AGREEMENTSTULLOW OIL PLC: THESE AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO 31 DECEMBER 2040TULLOW OIL PLC - GNPC'S SHARE IN FIE...Reuters
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Japan PM Takaichi warns of China 'coercion', vows security overhaul
Takaichi plans to review defence strategy, military export rulesPlans intelligence council and foreign investment screeningPromises to speed nuclear reactor restartsBy Tim Kelly and John Geddie TOKYO, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi warned of growing Chinese "coercio...Reuters
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Ukrainians mourn missing homes and loved ones after four years of war
Halyna Popriadukhina has fled fighting three times since 2022 Nearly 4 million people displaced in Ukraine may not see home againKyiv's forces still fighting but Russia's pace increased in 2025By Margaryta ChornokondratenkoDZENZELIVKA, Ukraine, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Sixty-five-year-old Halyna P...Reuters
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TECHNICALS-CBOT corn may retest support at $4.24-1/4
SINGAPORE, Feb 20 (Reuters) - CBOT March corn CH26 may retest support at $4.24-1/4 per bushel, a break below which could open the way toward $4.23-1/4 to $4.21-3/4.A wave c from $4.32-3/4 briefly travelled below its 76.4% projection level of $4.24-1/4. Chances are this wave may extend to the 100% le...Reuters
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US negotiating with India on importing Venezuelan oil, US envoy says
NEW DELHI, Feb 20 (Reuters) - India is diversifying its sources for crude oil purchases and active negotiations are underway with India’s energy ministry on importing Venezuelan oil to India, the U.S. ambassador to New Delhi said on Friday.Reuters
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TECHNICALS-CBOT soybeans may edge up into $11.47-1/2 to $11.54-1/2 range
For more technical analyses, please click SINGAPORE, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The CBOT soybean March contract SH26 may edge up into a range of $11.47-1/2 to $11.54-1/2 per bushel, as it is about to break the resistance at $11.41.The current rise seems to be observing a series of projection levels on the u...Reuters
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