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Brazil prosecutors charge Rousseff campaign strategist

CURITIBA, Brazil, April 28 (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors
have filed unspecified charges against political strategist Joao
Santana, the architect of President Dilma Rousseff's 2010 and
2014 campaigns, according to a statement delivered before a news
conference on Thursday.

UPDATE 1-Areva's first quarter sales slip as uranium deliveries slow

PARIS, April 28 (Reuters) - French state-controlled nuclear
group Areva said first-quarter sales from its nuclear
fuel and uranium unit fell 0.8 percent to 826 million euros
($936 million) as uranium deliveries slowed.

National Lab Finds Nanotube Semiconductors Well-suited for Solar PV Systems

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on April 25 said that its researchers have discovered that single-walled carbon nanotube semiconductors could be favorable for solar PV systems because they can potentially convert sunlight to electricity or fuels without losing much energy.

Islamic State turns to selling fish, cars to offset oil losses -report

* Group also runs factories and car dealerships, levies
taxes

CANADA STOCKS-TSX rises, led by gold and energy stocks

TORONTO, April 28 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose
on Thursday as resource stocks rose and Bombardier Inc
rallied after winning a large plane order, while the financials
group retreated.

National Oilwell Varco says cut 6,000 jobs in quarter

April 28 (Reuters) - National Oilwell Varco Inc, the
largest U.S. provider of oil drilling equipment, said on
Thursday it slashed 6,000 jobs in the first quarter as weak oil
prices forced its customers to cut production and exploration.

Hydropower drives Vattenfall, Statkraft earnings, Fortum hit by low prices

OSLO, April 28 (Reuters) - Sweden's Vattenfall and
Norway's Statkraft reported higher first-quarter
earnings on Thursday, helped by higher hydropower output, while
fossil-fuel dependent Finnish Fortum's profit fell.

COLUMN-Rising oil prices throw lifeline to shale producers: Kemp

LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - Brent prices for 2017 ended
trading above $50 per barrel on Wednesday for the first time
since mid-December following the largest and most sustained
rally in prices since the oil slump started.

Renewables Swamp Natural Gas in First Quarter 2016

Setting a new lopsided quarterly record, renewable sources outpaced — in fact, swamped — natural gas by a factor of more than 70:1 for new electrical generating capacity placed in-service during the first three months of calendar year 2016.

Libya outlines ambitious plans to restore oil output

LONDON/TRIPOLI, April 28 (Reuters) - Libya's National Oil
Corporation has ambitious plans to restore output to pre-2011
levels after years of violence and disruption, officials said.

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