HOUSTON, April 19 (Reuters) - Scores of Houston-area schools
closed for a second straight day on Tuesday as more rain pelted
the fourth most populous U.S. city overnight after a record
deluge on Monday, causing floods that left six dead and led to
more than 1,000 water rescues.
PEDERNALES, Ecuador, April 19 (Reuters) - Rescuers in
Ecuador were losing hope on Tuesday of finding more survivors
from an earthquake that killed nearly 450 people and dealt a
shattering blow to the South American OPEC country's already
fragile economy.
PARIS, April 19 (Reuters) - French oil and gas company Total
announced the creation of a gas, renewables and power
division on Tuesday, which it said will help drive its ambition
to become a top renewables and electricity trading player within
20 years.
KUWAIT, April 19 (Reuters) - The spokesman for thousands of
striking Kuwaiti oil and gas workers said on Tuesday that their
three day-old strike would continue until planned public sector
pay reforms are cancelled.
QUITO, April 19 (Reuters) - Ecuador's 110,000 barrel-per-day
Esmeraldas refinery restarted at 41.5 percent capacity on Monday
night and will be fully operational by Wednesday after a
precautionary stoppage because of a major earthquake, state oil
company Petroecuador said.
KINSHASA, April 19 (Reuters) - Randgold Resources
has entered a joint venture in Democratic Republic of Congo with
a company controlled by Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler and a
state miner, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
April 19 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission announced two fraud cases alleging that accounting
failures left investors in the dark about the finances of
computer accessories maker Logitech International SA
and now-defunct electric car battery maker Ener1 Inc.
QUITO, April 19 (Reuters) - Ecuador's 110,000 barrel-per-day
Esmeraldas refinery restarted at 41.5 percent capacity on Monday
night and will be fully operational by Wednesday after a
precautionary stoppage because of a major quake, state oil
company Petroecuador said in a statement.
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