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UPDATE 3-Potash Corp forecasts bleak year ahead, slashes dividend

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Potash Corp of Saskatchewan forecast its bleakest year in a decade and slashed its dividend, due to tanking fertilizer prices.

UPDATE 4-Protesters march, France eyes business deals as Iran's Rouhani visits

PARIS, Jan 28 (Reuters) - France and Iran hailed the sale of Airbus planes and the renewal of a decades-old carmaking venture as symbols of thawing relations on Thursday while protesters in Paris tried to get human rights onto the agenda.

UPDATE 1-California narrowly upholds critical solar policy

Jan 28 (Reuters) - California, which boasts more than half of the households with solar panels in the United States, on Thursday extended a policy that has underpinned the rooftop solar industry's dramatic growth over the last decade.

BHP Billiton set to fund Aston Bay's Storm copper project

TORONTO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The Canadian arm of mining giant BHP Billiton has signed a letter of intent to help fund exploration at Aston Bay Holdings Ltd's Storm copper project, Aston Bay said on Thursday.

UPDATE 1-Rivalries, squabbles hinder Libya's unity government

* Sticking points included size of cabinet, army appointments

California upholds critical solar policy

Jan 28 (Reuters) - California regulators on Thursday upheld a key policy that makes rooftop solar systems affordable by allowing homeowners to sell the electricity they don't use back to their local utility.

UPDATE 1-Iran starts to slowly offload oil stored on its tankers at sea

LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Iran is slowly winding down stocks of oil stored on tankers close to its shores and the process is likely to take longer than Tehran had wanted, despite the lifting of international sanctions this month.

The Cheapest Way to Scale Up Wind and Solar Energy? High-tech Power Lines

Wind power and solar power are ways to reduce carbon emissions, but these generation sources are dependent on the vagaries of the weather, which means neither wind nor solar can produce electricity on-demand at all hours of the day. This variability has led many to assume that greatly expanding wind and solar to reduce carbon emissions will cause electricity costs to skyrocket and require expensive energy storage.

UPDATE 2-Petrobras cuts management, streamlines as it fights graft, oil drop

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Brazil's Petrobras said on Thursday it will cut about one in five management jobs, streamline operations and boost oversight as the state-led oil company adapts to low oil prices and tries to boost confidence after a corruption scandal.

European shares fall, hit by weak earnings and banks

* Oil sector rises after Brent hits three-week high (Adds closing prices)

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