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BlackRock, Oaktree Seize Movie Servicer With $900 Million Debt

BlackRock Inc.’s HPS and Brookfield Corp.’s Oaktree Capital Management took over a firm that provides lighting, rigging and other services for Hollywood productions, wiping out as much as $900 million of debt as the global entertainment industry struggles with changing economics, according to people with knowledge of the deal.

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Hope Fades, Traders Brace for Extended Oil, LNG Squeeze

For most of the past six months, traders active on the commodity futures markets have been mostly optimistic. They have taken every statement by President Donald Trump about peace talks or victory…

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