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WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Technology, media,
pharmaceutical and other companies, along with major corporate
lobbying groups, filed legal briefs on Friday in support of a
Microsoft Corp lawsuit that aims to strike down a law
preventing companies from telling customers the government is
seeking their data.

LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May will
not announce her keenly awaited decision on a partly-Chinese
funded nuclear power project in the coming days, a British
official said on Saturday as May flew to China to meet President
Xi Jinping at her first G20 summit.

TORONTO/WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Canada's Potash Corp
of Saskatchewan and Agrium Inc are more likely
to win approval for a potential merger in Canada than the United
States, but U.S. rejection of the deal would scuttle it
globally, competition lawyers said.

A Brazilian federal court has suspended an operating license for the 11.2-GW Belo Monte hydroelectric plant, stating that its developers have failed to provide water and sewage services to areas near the project.

Some oil majors were caught off guard by shale and have of late struggled to maintain a foothold in many parts of the world, but its relevancy continues.

Sept 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. oil drilling rig count rose this
week for the ninth week in ten, but the pace of additions slowed
as crude prices hold below the key $50-a-barrel mark that
analysts and drillers say makes drilling more viable.
The U.S. oil rig count rose by one to reach 407 for the week
ended Sept. 2, compared with 662 a year ago, data from oil
services company Baker Hughes Inc showed on Friday.

Sept 2 (Reuters) - Hundreds of banana farmers from Central
America and South America will again have their day in court,
after a U.S. appeals court on Friday revived six lawsuits
accusing several big fruit and chemical companies of sickening
them with a toxic pesticide.

NAIROBI, Sept 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Impoverished
nomadic communities across Kenya are to receive land titles
under a new law that experts hope will help end land conflicts,
boost development and improve investor relations.

Sept 2 (Reuters) - Hundreds of banana farmers from Central
America and South America will again have their day in court,
after a U.S. appeals court on Friday revived their lawsuits
accusing several companies of sickening them by using a toxic
pesticide.

MILAN, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG)
prices fell in a slow week as traders awaited the outcome of two
tenders and Argentina turned away shipments due to mild weather
curbing demand.

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