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PARIS, June 22 (Reuters) - France's National Assembly on
Wednesday scrapped plans for an additional tax on palm oil,
which had raised an outcry in producer countries, after the
government said it would propose a new tax scheme for vegetable
oils used in food.

CARACAS, June 22 (Reuters) - Veteran U.S. diplomat Tom
Shannon met with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on
Wednesday to re-start talks between the ideologically-opposed
governments amid a punishing economic crisis in the South
American OPEC nation.

June 22 (Reuters) - Investors questioned a plan by Silicon
Valley heavyweight Elon Musk for his electric car company Tesla
Motors to buy his rooftop solar company SolarCity for up to $2.8
billion, sending Tesla's shares down more than 10 percent on
concerns the two would not fit together and a deal would
distract Tesla from making cars.

AES Corp. is planning to expand into large-scale wind and solar energy in Brazil to boost its generating capacity in the country.

WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Samuel Alito sold his shares in Exxon Mobil Corp worth
up to $250,000 that had prompted him to step aside from cases
involving the oil company, financial disclosure forms released
on Wednesday showed.

CARACAS, June 22 (Reuters) - Citgo Petroleum,
the U.S. unit of Venezuela's PDVSA, will likely invest about
$400 million to $600 million to overhaul Aruba's refinery under
a 25-year lease with the Caribbean island's government, a top
PDVSA official said on Wednesday.

CARACAS, June 22 (Reuters) - Veteran U.S. diplomat Tom
Shannon met with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on
Wednesday to re-start talks between the ideologically-opposed
governments amid a brutal economic crisis in the South American
OPEC nation.

In early 2016, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) installed a large wind turbine at their headquarters in central England. The 100-meter (330-foot) tall turbine was installed at the Society’s headquarters in Sandy midway between Milton Keynes and Cambridge.

SAO PAULO, June 22 (Reuters) - Several graft and bribes
probes into Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras SA could delay asset
sale plans at Brazil's state-controlled power holding company,
analysts and lawyers said on Wednesday, underscoring mounting
caution among potential buyers.

PARIS, June 22 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan and China are not playing at the Euro 2016 soccer finals but the tournament has provided a stage for a leading company from both countries to grab the spotlight.

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