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Lufthansa CEO says rising protectionism hampering M&A

The growing trend of protectionism worldwide is hampering cross-border consolidation in the airline industry, the chief executive of German airlines group Lufthansa said on Saturday. “To be honest I see protectionism around the world rising rather than more liberalization,” Carsten Spohr said on Saturday at a Star Alliance event in Zurich, highlighting…

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Paraguay gets debt payment demand from Venezuela’s PDVSA – Petropar president

Paraguay's state-run oil firm Petropar said Saturday that Venezuelan state oil producer PDVSA [PDVSA.UL] had set a 10-day deadline for the Paraguayan company to pay off $287 million of long-standing debt. The demand comes shortly after Paraguay asked last week to convene a meeting of foreign ministers in the South American Mercosur trade group to examine if Venezuela had failed to comply with democratic norms laid out in the organization's charter. Petropar president Eddie Jara told local media that he received a letter…

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