News roundup: Shell to buy BG Group in $69.7B takeover … US remains the world’s biggest hydrocarbon producer … Big companies pay later, squeezing their suppliers  

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    The big deal: Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy British gas producer BG Group for $69.7 billion in cash and stock, the companies announced this morning. The Associated Press reports the move gives o…


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