September 2017

From the Boston Business Journal Fidelity Investments CEO and chairman Abigail Johnson played down the possibility the company would ever go public in an interview produced by Bloomberg News, though she pointed out such a move would help the company make more acquisitions. Fidelity has been approached by investment bankers about an initial public offering, though not as much as when her

From Pravda Russia’s state-run oil giant Rosneft and the leadership of Iraqi Kurdistan announced plans to build a gas pipeline from the autonomy to Turkey, from where natural gas could be transported via the South Gas Corridor to Europe already in 2019. According to Reuters, Rosneft has become the largest investor in Iraqi Kurdistan, having invested almost $4 billion in

From The Hill The White House announced early Thursday, Sept. 28, that President Trump has agreed to waive the Jones Act, which will temporarily lift shipping restrictions on Puerto Rico and enable the hurricane-ravaged island to receive necessary aid. The waiver from the shipping law, which requires American-made and -operated vessels to transport cargo between U.S. ports, will only last