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Looming gasoline glut pulls down crude oil prices

* Traders forced to store unwanted gasoline on tankers in Asia

Brazil impeachment battle rests on a handful of votes

BRASILIA, April 4 (Reuters) - With neither side commanding enough firm support in the battle to impeach Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, the outcome of a crucial vote in Congress this month may boil down to a handful of no-shows and abstentions.

UPDATE 2-U.S. regulator sues ValueAct over Halliburton-Baker Hughes disclosures

April 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday sued ValueAct Capital for violating notification requirements related to Halliburton Co's deal to buy rival Baker Hughes Inc, in a case that the activist hedge fund says it will fight.

UPDATE 2-France to launch third offshore wind tender

PARIS, April 4 (Reuters) - France plans to launch a tender for turbines for a third offshore wind farm, the country's energy minister said on Monday, to be built off the northern harbour of Dunkirk.

Equitix backs tidal energy developer Atlantis with significant investment

Tidal energy developer Atlantis Resources Ltd. has entered into a partnership agreement with infrastructure developer, investor and fund manager Equitix worth at least US$714 million.

U.S. does not plan to grant Iran access to U.S. financial system

WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - The Obama administration does not plan to give Iran access to the U.S.

UPDATE 1-U.S. gasoline demand drops for first time in 14 months - EIA

April 4 (Reuters) - U.S demand for gasoline dropped in January from a year earlier, snapping a 14-month streak of year-over-year increases, according to data released on Monday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Petrobras officials deny fuel price cut rumors, shares fall

SAO PAULO, April 4 (Reuters) - Management at Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras is not discussing an imminent fuel price cut, two company executives said on Monday, as shares of the firm fell nearly 7 percent on reports of a planned decrease.

Factional splits may hamper Libyan unity government's push for control

TUNIS, April 4 (Reuters) - In its first days in Tripoli, Libya's U.N.-backed unity government has tried to impose its authority swiftly by ordering a freeze on ministry budgets and securing the prime minister's office with the help of a powerful armed brigade.

UPDATE 1-Russia chooses domestic investment banks to organise privatisations

MOSCOW, April 4 (Reuters) - Russia's Economy Ministry has chosen three domestic investment banks to organise the privatisation of large state companies this year, it said on Monday.

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