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HOUSTON (Reuters) -Top oilfield services firm SLB reported a 14% rise in first-quarter profit on Friday, in line with analysts' estimates, as strong oil and gas drilling demand in the Middle East and Africa helped offset weakness in North American activity. The company, which also reaffirmed its previous guidance of mid-teens profit growth for the full year, forecast a seasonal...

MILAN, April 19 (Reuters) - U.S. investment company KKR has sent European Union antitrust authorities a formal notice about its proposed buyout of Telecom Italia's (TIM) fixed-line access network, the former phone monopoly said on Friday. TIM said the confirmation it had received from KKR indicated that the project was progressing according to schedule. TIM has agreed to sell its...

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