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Solar Securitization Deals Picking Up, Poised to Top 2014 Record

SolarCity Corp., the biggest U.S. rooftop solar company, has raised more in the asset-backed securities market this year than the industry completed in all of 2015, and developers are poised to exceed the record set in 2014.

UPDATE 2-Africa's richest man Dangote bids for Peugeot Nigeria stake

LAGOS, March 17 (Reuters) - Aliko Dangote, Africa's richest man, has teamed up with two Nigerian states to bid for a majority stake in Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN) Limited, a local joint venture with the French automaker, the governor of Kaduna State said on Thursday.

National Lab to Provide Geothermal Technical Support to Bureau of Land Management

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently said it has entered into an interagency agreement with the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management to provide technical support and assistance in the development of renewable energy from geothermal resources on public lands.

MIDEAST STOCKS-Egypt surges for fourth day, oil boosts Gulf

* Zain Saudi jumps after Reuters report on possible tower sale

Iraq's Sadr spurns calls to drop planned sit-in over "bastion of corruption"

BAGHDAD, March 17 (Reuters) - Influential Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rejected calls to cancel a planned sit-in on Friday at the gates of Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, which he called "a bastion of support for corruption".

Turkey's Dogan says allegations reported in media unfounded - Hurriyet

ISTANBUL, March 17 (Reuters) - Allegations reported in Turkish media accusing the founder of conglomerate Dogan Holding of involvement in a fuel-smuggling ring are "unfounded", the Dogan group said on Thursday in a statement issued on its Hurriyet news website.

CANADA STOCKS-TSX rises as oil price gains boost energy stocks

TORONTO, March 17 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Thursday as higher oil prices supported energy stocks, while the heavyweight financial and materials sectors also gained.

UPDATE 1-France pledges to help EDF make Hinkley Point happen

CIVAUX, France, March 17 (Reuters) - The French government wants state-controlled utility EDF to push ahead with a UK nuclear reactor project at Hinkley Point and is ready to give it the financial support it needs, Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday.

UPDATE 1-Finland sells stake in defence group Patria to Norway's Kongsberg

HELSINKI, March 17 (Reuters) - The Finnish government said on Thursday it would sell 49.9 percent of the shares in defence group Patria to Norway's state-controlled Kongsberg Gruppen for 272 million euros ($308 million).

Protesters clash ahead of swearing-in of Lula in Brazil

BRASILIA, March 17 (Reuters) - Supporters of leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva clashed briefly with opponents of his Workers' Party on Thursday outside the presidential palace, where he was due to be sworn in as President Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff.

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