Kazakhstan’s oilfield services companies to cut 80,000-90,000 jobs – New Europe

 By Kulpash Konyrova NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan – Kazakhstan oil service companies will be forced to cut about 80,000 – 90,000 jobs in the near future due to the fall in world oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic, ....

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CI VIEW: Italy’s Salvini plays Trump card with Huawei veto

MILAN (CI GCA) – Italian Deputy Prime Minister and League (Lega) Party head  Matteo Salvini said he strongly  opposes giving Chinese conglomerates such as Huawei Technologies access to the country’s telecommunications infrastructure. [Italian Deputy PM ....

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CI VIEW: Total CEO does not rule out ENI merger; ENI CEO comments UPDATE

WASHINGTON, DC (CI MENA) - (Update on October 17, 2018 to add details on Cassa Depositi e Presitit) -- Total  SA (NYSE:TOT) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Patrick Pouyanne did not rule out a merger with Italian listed oil giant ....

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CI VIEW: Tunisia’s El Fouladh steel group M&A target for ThyssenKrupp, Tenaris Marcegaglia at WEF Davos

WASHINGTON/BIZERTE/WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, WV (CI MENA) –The Tunisian state-owned Societe Tunisiene de Siderugie ElFouladh steel group is a perfect takeover target for specialty steel groups such as Essen, Germany-based Thyssenkrupp AG (ETR: TKA) or Italian-Brazilian giant Tenaris (NYSE: TS); Tunisian ....

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