US regulators oppose $28 billion oil services merger

Halliburton and Baker Hughes have cancelled their proposed $28 billion merger following opposition from American and European regulators.

The deal would have tied up the two biggest oil field services providers and was originally valued at $35 billion.

Our U.S. correspondent Priscilla Huff reports:

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