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Occidental Gets a Break With Buffett Stake, Icahn Court Defeat

(Bloomberg) — Occidental Petroleum Corp. rose after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. bought an additional stake in the debt-laden oil producer and a Delaware judge ruled against activist investor Carl Icahn’s request for company files.Occidental gained as much as 4.2% Friday after Berkshire disclosed the purchase of $332 million of shares in the third quarter. That makes it the 17th-largest investor in Occidental, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.The stock is in addition to the $10 billion of preferred shares Buffett bought earlier in 2019 to help Occidental fund its takeover of Anadarko Petroleum Corp.The vote of confidence from Buffett …read more […]

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Qantas completes ‘double sunrise’ test flight from London to Sydney, aircraft order could follow

Qantas Airways Ltd could place an order for planes capable of ultra long-haul flights early next year, the airline’s chief executive said after he completed a 19 hour, 19 minute non-stop test flight from London to Sydney on Friday.

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