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Will the US’s WTO agriculture challenge against China land it in hot water?

The outgoing Obama administration filed a new trade enforcement action with the World Trade Organization against China earlier this month.

UPDATE 1-China to relax curbs on foreign investment in banking, securities - state planner

* Banking, insurance, securities, futures sectors due to be
relaxed

China extends overcapacity fight to more sectors in 2017 -paper

SHANGHAI, Dec 30 (Reuters) - China will increase its targets
for capacity cuts in steel and coal in 2017, while extending its
campaign against overcapacity to industries such as cement,
glass, electrolytic aluminum and shipping, a state-run newspaper
said on Friday.

UPDATE 1-Oil prices edge up despite unexpected U.S. crude inventory build

* Crude inventories up 614,000 barrels in week to Dec. 23 -
EIA

Serba Dinamik to list in Feb in biggest Malaysian IPO in 19 months

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Malaysian engineering group
Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd is looking to raise 584 million
ringgit ($130.29 million) in an IPO on the domestic stock
exchange in February, its CEO said, in what would be the
country's biggest listing in 19 months.

Oil prices edge up despite unexpected U.S. crude inventory build

* Crude inventories up 614,000 barrel in week to Dec. 23 -
EIA

Britain avoids M&A collapse as foreign buyers go Brexit bargain hunting

LONDON, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Britain avoided a collapse in
mergers and acquisitions activity after the shock Brexit vote as
foreign companies used sterling's spectacular devaluation
against the U.S. dollar to snap up British companies, Thomson
Reuters data shows.

Mexico fuel price increase seen boosting sales of more efficient cars

MEXICO CITY, Dec 29 (Reuters) - An imminent jump in Mexican
gasoline prices should not reduce auto sales in the near term
but will ultimately boost the market for more fuel-efficient
cars, a leading Mexican auto industry group said on Thursday.

UPDATE 1-Ecuador economy to grow 1.42 pct in 2017 -central bank

QUITO, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Ecuador's central bank expects the
Andean nation's economy to grow by 1.42 percent in 2017 with
respect to 2016, central bank manager Madeleine Abarca said in a
press conference on Thursday.

Accurate Solar Energy Forecasting Could Save Ratepayers Millions

A 2015 study by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and IBM found that more accurate day-ahead predictions of solar energy generation levels would save ratepayers in California $5 million in avoided costs. Solar forecasts, which integrate weather patterns and solar production estimates to help grid managers predict how much solar energy will be produced across their system on a given day, allow utilities to better allocate resources and avoid the need to ramp up reserve power plants.

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