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UPDATE 1-BlackRock CEO Fink sees risks in China, negative rates

ACAPULCO, Mexico, March 11 (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink said on Friday that China may be the biggest hurdle to global financial markets and that central bankers are adding to risks with negative-interest rate policies.

UPDATE 2-Brazil's Rousseff says not resigning in political crisis

BRASILIA, March 11 (Reuters) - Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff rejected calls for her resignation on Friday amidst a political storm deepened by a massive corruption scandal and blamed her opponents for causing a crisis that has hurt the Brazilian economy.

U.S. BSEE halts drilling at offshore rig after reported fatality

NEW YORK, March 11 (Reuters) - The U.S.

Charges, threat of jail cast Brazil's Lula in familiar role: martyr

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 11 (Reuters) - Criminal charges and a request by prosecutors to jail Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are putting the former Brazilian president and leftist icon back in a role he has long relished: that of the martyr.

Nova, ELSA tidal unit begins generation at Shetland array

Tidal energy partners Nova Innovation and Belgian energy company ELSA have announced that the first power generated by their Nova M100 turbine is now being delivered to the Shetland grid.

UPDATE 1-U.S. oil and natural gas drilling rig count at record low

(Recasts with oil and gas rigs falling to record lows based on Baker Hughes data) March 11 (Reuters) - The number of rigs drilling for oil and natural gas in the United States has fallen to the lowest level since at least 1940, oil services company Baker Hughes Inc said on Friday, as energy firms continued to slash activity amid the deepest energy price rout in a generation. Combined rigs in the U.S.

CFTC drops industry-led report calling for relaxed U.S. trading regs

WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday dropped an industry-led report that called for relaxed regulation of oil and gas hedging.

UPDATE 1-The final days and deals of Aubrey McClendon

OKLAHOMA CITY, March 11 (Reuters) - The night before Aubrey McClendon died, the oil-and-gas pioneer was expected at a private dinner here with potential business partners. Among them: Vicente Fox, the former president of Mexico.

UPDATE 2-Nord Stream 2 awards steel pipe contracts to three firms

FRANKFURT, March 11 (Reuters) - The consortium of companies planning to build the Nord Stream 2 sub-sea pipeline to bring Russian gas to Europe said on Friday it has awarded steel pipe delivery contracts for 2,500 km (1,550 miles) to three firms, completing a tender.

Canada dam construction moves ahead following indigenous protest

TORONTO, March 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - C onstruction of a major dam in northern Canada is moving full steam ahead after some work was halted by an occupation by indigenous activists angry about its impact on land rights, its builders say.

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