Brazil Real Declines as Support Eases

The real depreciated 0.9 percent to 3.1255 per dollar at 10:56 a.m. in Sao Paulo. Swap rates, a gauge of expectations for changes in borrowing costs, on the contract maturing in January 2017 decreased 0.1 percentage point to 13.72 percent. Read More

BP’s Settlement Makes it a More Attractive Target

BP Plc’s $18.7 billion U.S. legal settlement is being cheered by investors and analysts as it ends five years of financial uncertainty. It also makes the British oil producer a more attractive takeover target. Potential buyers, held back by unquantifiable liabilities related to the company’s 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill, may find a slimmed-down BP... Continue Reading →

Ailing Sete Brasil Talks on Debt Releif

A group of five Brazilian banks will refinance about 11.5 billion reais ($3.6 billion) in loans for ailing Sete Brasil Participações SA for a further 45 days, in a bid to keep the oil rig maker afloat, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. State banks Banco do Brasil SA and... Continue Reading →

BP Settles 2010 Oil Spill with US

BP Plc has reached a comprehensive $18.7 billion settlement with the U.S. government and five states, a landmark deal that effectively ends years of litigation over environmental damage and human casualties caused by the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill. It could be the largest settlement with a single entity in U.S. history, the U.S. Justice Department... Continue Reading →

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