Oil companies are full speed ahead in the Middle East
Oil executives expressed their appetite for investing in the Middle East despite the war, the conflict has blown a near-£12bn hole in Britain’s public finances, and big investors are “bottom fishing” among beaten-down assets, including Italian bonds and corporate debt. Plus, China is building data centres at rapid speed across Inner Mongolia and a measure of credit risk at Elon Musk’s SpaceX rose to a record high.
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Oil majors look beyond Middle East war to access region’s vast reserves
Iran war blows near-£12bn hole in Britain’s public finances
Big investors ‘bottom fish’ in Eurozone bond markets after France sell-off
China races to build AI data centres across energy-rich hinterland
SpaceX credit risk jumps on worries over its borrowing spree
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