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Brazil diesel subsidy program threatens Petrobras, market -FCStone

Brazil could face a diesel shortage at the end of 2018 or state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA may be forced to eat losses on fuel sales thanks to a diesel subsidy program, analyst and broker INTL FCStone said on Tuesday. The program, unveiled in May to halt a truckers’ strike over rising diesel prices, set prices too low and has yet to pay out compensation to most diesel importers, FCStone said in a statement. “Private imports are paralyzed, and Petrobras is practically the only agent bringing the product to …read more […]

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SunPower receives exemption from Trump tariffs, shares soar

SunPower is based in San Jose, California but produces most of its solar products in Mexico and the Philippines. The exemption covers SunPower’s premium, high-efficiency interdigitated back contact (IBC) cells and modules, which the company argued stood apart from the cheap, commoditized imports that dominate the market and were the target of the tariffs. “With today’s decision that SunPower’s highly differentiated IBC cells and modules are excluded from tariffs, we are able to turn the page,” SunPower Chief Executive Tom Werner said in a statement. …read more […]

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Tesla, Musk face criminal probe over go-private statements: Bloomberg

Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while DoJ declined to comment. Federal prosecutors opened a fraud investigation, the report said, citing two people familiar with the matter, over Musk’s tweets in early August that he had secured funding for a buyout deal valued at $72 billion, before backing off. …read more […]