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OPEC, U.S. begin ‘cat and mouse’ oil game as producers pounce on hedges

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – As far as one of the world’s biggest commodities traders, Glencore’s chief Ivan Glasenberg, is concerned, the oil market will be at the mercy of “a cat and mouse game” between OPEC and its U.S. shale rivals in the coming year. A 16 percent price rally over the past week has delivered U.S. frackers a golden opportunity to hedge – or sell forward – their production for 2017 and beyond, to shore up their coffers against …

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JAB-led investor group to buy K-Cup maker Keurig for $13.9 billion

The transaction, pitched at a rich 78 percent premium to Keurig's Friday closing price, would be the biggest coffee acquisition by JAB, the investment vehicle of Germany's billionaire Reimann family, as it tries to become a formidable competitor to world coffee market leader Nestle SA. For Luxembourg-based JAB, the deal for the maker of K-Cup coffee pods “is a fantastic opportunity for them to be really a global player in the coffee market. The price represents a “demanding valuation” of about 15 times Keurig's earnings before…

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JAB-led investor group to buy K-Cup maker Keurig for $13.9 billion