Ardian gets bids for French engineering group Fives - sourcesReutersFRANKFURT, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Buyout group Ardian has received binding bids for its stake in Fives, which may value the French engineering group at about 1.5 billion euros ($1.8 billion), p …

Wall Street JournalGE Nears Deal to Combine Oil-and-Gas Business With Baker HughesWall Street JournalGeneral Electric Co. is nearing a roughly $30 billion deal to combine its oil-and-gas business with Baker Hughes Inc., creating an energy powerhouse that w …

Wall Street JournalGE Nears Deal to Combine Oil and Gas Business With Baker Hughes, Sources SayWall Street JournalGeneral Electric Co. is nearing a roughly $30 billion deal to combine its oil and gas business with Baker Hughes Inc., creating an energy powe …

Wall Street JournalGE Nears Deal to Combine Oil-and-Gas Business With Baker Hughes, Sources SayWall Street JournalGeneral Electric Co. is nearing a roughly $30 billion deal to combine its oil-and-gas business with Baker Hughes Inc., creating an energy powe …

Petrobras' Indian partners fight delay in troubled Brazil oil projectReutersThe previously unreported, four-year delay in the "super-giant" discovery off the northeastern coast of the Brazilian state of Sergipe is forcing India's Oil and …

Telegraph.co.ukOpec pleads for Russian alliance to smash oil speculatorsTelegraph.co.ukMr al-Badri said the world needs an investment blitz of $10 trillion to replace depleting oil fields and to meet extra demand of 17m barrels per day (b/d) by 2040, yet p …

ReutersUS House passes bill to fund government, export crude oilReutersWASHINGTON The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday overwhelmingly passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill to keep government agencies open and funded through September 2016 and lift th …

Financial TimesShell boss faces challenge as oil price fall threatens tie-upFinancial TimesEven in April, when the marriage was announced, some thought Shell was overpaying, betting on a recovery in the oil price that might never happen. Since then, oil ha …

Wall Street JournalOil Provision Not Expected to Derail Spending BillWall Street JournalWASHINGTON—House Democrats balked at a provision in a $1.15 trillion spending bill unveiled early Wednesday morning that would end a four-decade ban on oil exports, but …

CNNCongressional Leaders Reach Sweeping Deal on Tax and Spending LegislationWall Street JournalLate Tuesday night, lawmakers also reached a deal on legislation that would revive and extend dozens of lapsed and expiring tax breaks. As part of the year-end l …