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Oil pours from a spout at Edwin Drake’s original 1859 well that launched the modern petroleum industry at the Drake Well Museum and Park in Titusville, Pennsylvania, US. The factors driving lower oil prices in October and November are likely to fade as supply constraints bite. Demand remains solid and is likely to hold up as global growth continues. Photo: Reuters

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Oil pours from a spout at Edwin Drake’s original 1859 well that launched the modern petroleum industry at the Drake Well Museum and Park in Titusville, Pennsylvania, US. The factors driving lower oil prices in October and November are likely to fade as supply constraints bite. Demand remains solid and is likely to hold up as global growth continues. Photo: Reuters

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Country Garden set to release first batch of flats at below cost

The developer is preparing to release 110 flats at Altissimo in Ma On Shan, with prices starting at HK$13,887 per square foot, significantly below the investment cost, analysts say.

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David Li Kwok-po, chairman and chief executive of the Bank of East Asia, photographed at the BEA Building in Central. Photo: Winson Wong

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