Oil Prices Hit near 3Week Highs on Supply Fears

Brent futures up 1, WTI up 0.9 at 0445 GMT Libya halts operations at El Feel oilfield due to protests U.S. oil drilling, output moving higher with energy prices TOKYO, April 18 Reuters Oil prices climbed to nearly threeweek highs on Monday as fears over tight global supply grew, with the deepening crisis in Ukraine […]
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Airbus Urges Europe to Refrain from Russian Titanium Sanctions

April 12 Reuters Airbus urged Europe on Tuesday not to block imports of titanium from Russia, saying sanctions on the strategic metal would damage aerospace while barely hurting Russia39;s economy. Widening the action taken after Russia39;s invasion of Ukraine to titanium, used in airplanes and jet engines, would not be appropriate, Chief Executive Guillaume Faury said […]
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China Keeps MediumTerm Policy Rate Unchanged

SHANGHAI, April 15 Reuters China39;s central bank kept borrowing costs of its mediumterm policy loan unchanged for the third straight month as expected on Friday, despite Beijing calling for more monetary stimulus to cushion an economic slowdown. The People39;s Bank of China PBOC said it was keeping the rate on 150 billion yuan 23.52 billion […]
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Turkish House Sales Rise 20.6 in March on the Year

ISTANBUL, April 15 Reuters Turkish house sales rose 20.6 in March on the year to 134,170 houses, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute showed on Friday. Sales to foreigners rose 31, the institute said, with Iranian citizens topping the list. Iraqis and Russians were the next biggest buyers of Turkish properties, it added. Wealthy Russians […]
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Japans Yen Bounces Briefly after Kuroda Comments

SINGAPORE, April 18 Reuters The yen won a brief reprieve after hitting fresh twodecade lows from Japanese policymaker comments on Monday, even as holidays confined the U.S. dollar to narrow ranges against most other currencies. The yen fell to a twodecade low of 126.795 in early Asian trading, before both Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko […]
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