BRUSSELS, Dec 21 (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday extended its economic sanctions against Russia over the conflict in Ukraine until the end of next July, drawing a swift rebuke from the Russian economy minister.
President Barack Obama on Saturday vetoed two resolutions passed by the U.S. Congress that sought to block the administration’s power-plant rules designed to cut emissions tied to climate change.
(Adds details of oil price decline, table on state credit characteristics) NEW YORK, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Lower tax revenues because of job losses in energy and related sectors due to the collapse in oil prices will hit the budgets of oil-producing states through the remainder of this fiscal year and next, Moody's Investors Service said on Monday. Moody's comments came after Oklahoma revised down its revenue projections last Tuesday for the remainder of the current fiscal year by $444 m
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Broken Hill spawned the world’s largest mining company and generated more than $75 billion in wealth. Now, as its minerals ebb, Australia’s longest-lived mining city is looking to tap a more abundant resource.
Harry Zvi Tabor, born on March 7, 1917, passed away in Jerusalem on Dec. 16 at the age of 98.
LONDON, Dec 21 (Reuters) - El Nino has helped produce an unusually mild autumn and start to winter across the United States, sharply cutting the demand for heating and worsening the glut in supplies of natural gas and heating oil.
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