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UPDATE 4-US Congress negotiators get tax, spending deal-lawmakers

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Congressional negotiators on Tuesday wrapped up a sprawling deal to keep the U.S. government operating through next September, while setting new policies ranging from repealing a 40-year-old ban on oil exports to making many business tax breaks permanent, according to Republican lawmakers.

U.S. HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS CHAIRMAN KEVIN BRADY SAYS TAX EXTENDER PACKAGE TO BE FILED TUESDAY NIGHT ESTIMATED AT $650 BILLION OVER 10 YEARS, AND $560 BILLION OF THIS IS IN PERMANENT TAX PROVISIONS

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U.S. House Republican: funding bill lifts ban on crude oil exports

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans plan to file a government funding bill on Tuesday night that will include a provision lifting the U.S. ban on crude oil exports, congressman Reid Ribble said.

UPDATE 1-Japan, S Korea stick to coal despite global climate deal

* Energy ministry officials say no changes since climate deal

HIGHLIGHTS-Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Q4 Asian Business Sentiment Survey -by sector

Dec 16 (Reuters) - Asia's biggest companies were the least optimistic in four years for their near-term business prospects as concern over slowing economic growth in China damped sentiment in the fourth quarter, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed.

HIGHLIGHTS-Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Q4 Asian Business Sentiment Survey -by economy

Dec 16 (Reuters) - Asia's biggest companies were the least optimistic in four years for their near-term business prospects as concern over slowing economic growth in China damped sentiment in the fourth quarter, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed.

RPT-COLUMN-Oil makes only one promise and that's volatility: Kemp

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Just about the only thing we know about where oil prices are headed over the next few years is that most of the forecasts will be wrong.

Islamic State eyeing oil targets beyond Syria stronghold -U.S. official

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Islamic State is looking at potentially vulnerable oil assets in Libya and elsewhere outside its Syria stronghold, where the militant group controls about roughly 80 percent of the oil and gas fields, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.

UPDATE 1-Brazil court votes to keep former Odebrecht CEO in jail

SAO PAULO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Brazil's second-highest court voted on Tuesday to keep the former chief executive of Latin America's largest engineering group Odebrecht SA in jail, extending nearly six months of pre-trial detention in the southern city of Curitiba

UPDATE 4-Mexico's oil auction beats expectations despite oil price plunge

MEXICO CITY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Mexico's oil regulator awarded the first 20 onshore contracts in an auction on Tuesday despite slumping crude prices, part of a tender aimed at boosting new Mexican oil companies following a historic sector reform finalized last year.

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