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Ida-hit oil industry port sustains less damage than feared
Read full article: Ida-hit oil industry port sustains less damage than fearedA critical port that serves as the primary support hub for the Gulf of Mexicoโs deepwater offshore oil and gas industry sustained less damage from Hurricane Idaโs direct hit than initially feared and should be able to return to working operations โin the near future."
Data is king on Wall Street; 2 providers join in $44B deal
Read full article: Data is king on Wall Street; 2 providers join in $44B dealS&P Global announced that it would acquire IHS Markit, based in London, for about $44 billion in an all-stock deal. Each share of IHS Markit common stock will be exchanged for a fixed ratio of 0.2838 shares of S&P Global stock. Douglas Peterson, the CEO of S&P Global, will hold that title at the combined company. Lance Uggla, Chairman and CEO of IHS Markit, will become a special advisor to the company for a year after the deal closes. Shares of IHS Markit rose more than 7% at the opening bell Monday.
Asian shares fall as caution sets in after Wall St retreat
Read full article: Asian shares fall as caution sets in after Wall St retreatAsian shares were mostly lower Thursday as caution again after a retreat on Wall Street driven by a decline in technology shares. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday as caution set in after a retreat on Wall Street driven by a decline in technology shares. Risks of a broader sell-off of technology shares after a long due correction, Hayaki Narita at Mizuho Bank in Singapore said in a report. โWeak leads from Wall Street continue to be the bane of Asia markets as regional indices broadly slipped,โ said Jingyi Pan, market strategist at IG. In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude fell 42 cents to $39.51 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.