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Crude-oil futures were rangebound as investors keep an eye on Greek’s bailout talks and the deadline for Iran’s nuclear deal next week.
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After five months in power, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has 48 hours to make a decision that will shape his country’s future for decades, yet his negotiating partners cannot be sure which way he will jump. The 40-year-old leftist, elected in January on a promise to end austerity, must decide whether to swallow an unpalatable deal with international creditors to avert a default next week at the risk of losing part of his Syriza party, or refuse and risk economic chaos and ejection from the euro zone.

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Humana has also received an offer from Cigna Corp (CI.N), but Humana’s board prefers the offer from Aetna, Bloomberg reported. Aetna and Humana were in talks, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday, adding that there was no certainty Aetna would prevail.

Takata Corp (7312.T) Chief Executive Shigehisa Takada earned less than 100 million yen ($810,373) in the business year ended in March, or less than half of the 206 million yen ($1.67 million) he took home in the previous year, a regulatory filing showed on Friday. Takata, the Japanese auto safety parts maker at the center of a massive recall for potentially defective air bag inflators, had said it would slash executives’ salaries last year as the safety crisis escalated.

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GE, Swiss private equity firm Partners Group Holding AG (PGHN.S), Canadian pension fund OPTrust and UK-based Renewable Energy Systems Ltd said they will fund the 240-megawatt Ararat windfarm, three days after the government passed a law securing future subsidies for renewable energy. Windfarms are Australia’s No. 2 renewable energy source, behind hydropower but ahead of solar, providing a quarter of the country’s clean energy and 4 percent of its total energy demand. Under Australian law, the RET must be agreed by both the coalition government and the Labor opposition.

Greece will survive, whatever comes.

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