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U.S. refiner postponement of cleaner fuel output comes with costs

NEW YORK, April 5 (Reuters) - U.S.

UPDATE 1-IMF chief ramps up call for global action as growth risks increase

* Says IMF negotiating with Greece "in good faith" (Adds quotes from Lagarde's, Weidmann's speeches)

Iran eyes $55 bln petrochemical investment - deputy minister

BERLIN, April 5 (Reuters) - Iran needs $55 billion of investment in the petrochemicals sector in the next 10 years, Deputy Oil Minister Marzieh Shahdaei said in the German capital on Tuesday.

Noble Group launches $1 bln loan facility - sources

HONG KONG/SINGAPORE, April 5 (Reuters) - Noble Group will have to fork out more than double in interest margin on a $1 billion unsecured loan it is raising with banks, as a fall out of the credit rating downgrade the commodity trader has faced, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

Saudi king sets aside frustrations with Egypt for state visit

RIYADH/CAIRO, April 5 (Reuters) - Despite years of mutual frustration and disappointment over diverging priorities, Saudi Arabia and Egypt remain fundamental to each other's security, a message King Salman's visit to Cairo this week is intended to reinforce.

Opposition calls on Cameron to tackle British tax havens

LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) - The leader of Britain's main opposition party will call on government on Tuesday to do more to tackle tax havens, saying it was time British Prime Minister David Cameron stopped "pussyfooting around on tax dodging".

Saudi businessmen expected to invest $4 billion in projects in Egypt

CAIRO, April 5 (Reuters) - Saudi businessmen are expected to invest $4 billion in projects including the Suez Canal, energy and agriculture, and have already deposited 10 percent of that sum in Egyptian banks, the deputy head of the Saudi-Egyptian Business Council told Reuters on Tuesday.

Sberbank exec: foreign banks aren't involved in Bashneft, Alrosa privatisations

MOSCOW, April 5 (Reuters) - Foreign banks are not involved in the privatisation of oil company Bashneft and diamond miner Alrosa, a senior executive of Russian bank Sberbank said on Tuesday, to the best of his knowledge.

Japan's Inpex halves full-year net profit estimate on oil rout

TOKYO, April 5 (Reuters) - Japanese oil firm Inpex Corp halved its full-year net profit estimate on Tuesday, as it was hit by impairment losses on upstream assets amid the sharp fall in crude oil prices.

IMF chief amps up call to boost global growth as risks increase

FRANKFURT, April 5 (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde on Tuesday turned up the volume on her calls for stronger action by the world's economies to boost growth, warning that downside risks were increasing without decisive action.

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