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Massachusetts State House passes solar incentive compromise

A partly sunny compromise on solar energy legislation, hammered out after five months of negotiation, moved favorably Wednesday afternoon from the Massachusetts House to the Senate, where action is scheduled for today. While some renewable energy advocates support the compromise that the House approved overwhemingly, they caution it's a short-term fix.

When Will Rooftop Solar Be Cheaper Than The Grid? Here's A Map

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently said that rooftop solar panels have the potential to generate nearly 40 percent of electricity in the U.S. But what about the cost of going solar?

UPDATE 1-Russia styles itself lead mediator in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

* Ceasefire broadly holds, despite violations (Adds Medvedev comments, changes dateline)

Google to Provide Seed Funding for Renewable Energy in Asia

Google is providing seed funding to the Center for Resource Solutions to set up renewable energy certification programs across Asia, which will help companies to know the power they buy comes from clean sources.

UPDATE 1-Czech government in talks to take over miner OKD, other options

* State has been reluctant to help firm's owners (Adds finance minister, background, impact study)

Russia's Medvedev: Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must not reach 'hot phase'

YEREVAN, April 7 (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday it was vital that a conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenian-backed separatists over the breakaway territory of Nagorno-Karabakh did not slide into a "hot phase".

MIDEAST STOCKS-Gulf rises with oil, Saudi king's arrival supports Egypt

DUBAI, April 7 (Reuters) - Gulf stock markets rose on Thursday after Brent crude oil jumped more than 5 percent to about $40 a barrel, while hopes for economic benefits from a visit by Saudi Arabia's king supported that market.

Medvedev says Russia to keep sides in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict talking

YEREVAN, April 7 (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Russia would make every effort to ensure that Azerbaijan and Armenia kept communication channels open in order to resolve a dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh, the Interfax news agency reported.

CANADA STOCKS-TSX falls as lower oil prices weigh on energy, financials retreat

TORONTO, April 7 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Thursday as lower oil prices weighed on energy stocks, while the heavyweight financials group also fell as global shares dipped and investor appetite for risk weakened.

UPDATE 1-Shell's top Brent trader leaving job - sources

LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) - The head of European oil trading at Royal Dutch Shell, Stany Schrans, will leave his position later this year to become an adviser to the company, industry sources told Reuters.

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