TRIPOLI, July 15 (Reuters) - Forces aligned with Libya's
U.N.-backed government suffered losses from snipers and mines on
Friday as they battled Islamic State to win control of a
strategic conference centre in the coastal city of Sirte.
NEW YORK, July 15 (Reuters) - Oil prices extended gains in
post-settlement trading on Friday after Turkey's armed forces
said they had taken power in the country to protect the
democratic order and to maintain human rights.
TORONTO, July 15 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index
slipped on Friday, as a range of miners, energy producers,
telecom and consumer stocks weighed, offsetting gains for its
heavyweight bank stocks.
An innovative solar plus storage solution that was launched in Europe about 2.5 years ago is coming to the U.S. The product is called “SmartFlower” and it looks like a gigantic sunflower with a short, fat stalk. The company said it has sold about 1000 units into 20 different European countries since launch.
LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - Nine disputed trades that
Libya's sovereign wealth fund (SWF) entered into with Goldman
Sachs were unsuitable by "dint of risk and complexity",
according to an expert witness at a trial in London's High
Court.
WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence officials
have finished reviewing 28 classified pages of the official
report on the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States and they
show no evidence of Saudi complicity, White House spokesman Josh
Earnest said on Friday.
MILAN, July 15 (Reuters) - Asian liquefied natural gas (LNG)
prices rose further this week due to new tenders, extra buying
to replace lost output at Gorgon in Australia and short-covering
by traders.
SAO PAULO, July 15 (Reuters) - Shares of Cesp had their
biggest jump in eight years on Friday after São Paulo state, the
company's main shareholder, unveiled plans to sell control of
Brazil's No. 4 electricity generator.
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July 15 (Reuters) - U.S. drillers this week added oil rigs
for a third week in a row, according to a closely followed
report Friday, as some producers boost spending and increase
activity to capture higher prices in the future despite a recent
slump in crude prices.
Drillers added six oil rigs in the week to July 15, bringing
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