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Thursday, June 15, 2017

De Beers, Namibia launch world's biggest diamond exploration ship

LONDON (Reuters) - Anglo American's diamond unit De Beers on Thursday launched the world's largest diamond exploration vessel off the coast of Namibia as it looks to maintain high production levels until 2035.

British Airways CEO puts cost of recent IT outage at 80 million pounds

MADRID (Reuters) - A technological failure which stranded tens of thousands of British Airways (BA) passengers in May will cost the company around 80 million pounds ($102.19 million), Willie Walsh, chief executive of BA parent International Airlines Group (IAG), said on Thursday.

Oil hits six-week low as OPEC fails to curb oversupply

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices dropped to six-week lows on Thursday, under pressure from high global inventories and doubts about OPEC's ability to implement agreed production cuts.

Growth worries, tech drop drag down stock futures

(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Thursday, pulled lower by technology stocks, while investors fretted about the Federal Reserve's outlook on monetary policy amid weak economic data.

Messaging startup Slack said to draw interest from Amazon: Bloomberg

(Reuters) - Slack Technologies Inc, a corporate messaging and collaboration software startup, has received inquiries about a potential takeover from technology companies including Amazon.com Inc , Bloomberg reported on Thursday.

Exclusive: SeaWorld shareholders vote to remove chairman - sources

NEW YORK (Reuters) - SeaWorld Entertainment Inc shareholders voted against the re-election of its chairman on Wednesday, according to people familiar with the matter, after investors revolted against a bonus incentive payout.

BP's Dudley seen reigning for years to restore major's might

LONDON (Reuters) - When BP boss Bob Dudley clinched a final deal to settle litigation over the deadly Deepwater Horizon disaster, many oil industry executives and investors thought his mission was accomplished.

Norwegian Air expects to receive Boeing MAX jetliners June 29

OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian Air Shuttle expects to take delivery of its first two 737 MAX jetliners from Boeing on June 29, and plans to exercise further options for the aircraft to boost its fleet renewal, the budget carrier told Reuters on Thursday.

CDB in talks with Boeing, Airbus ahead of Le Bourget

PARIS (Reuters) - CDB Aviation, the aircraft leasing arm of China Development Bank, is in talks to place orders with both Boeing and Airbus and could complete at least one of the deals by as early as next week's Paris Airshow, two people familiar with the matter said.

Fiat Chrysler recalling 297,000 vehicles for inadvertent air bag deployments

(Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is recalling 297,000 older minivans in North America because of a wiring problem that can lead to inadvertent air bag deployments, the company said in a statement on Thursday.