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White House says doubts North Korea claim to have hydrogen bomb

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday said it was doubtful that North Korea had developed a hydrogen bomb, as its leader had apparently claimed.

U.S. says Islamic State has made $1.5 bln from bank looting, oil sales

LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have looted up to $1 billion from bank vaults in Syria and Iraq and has made at least another half a billion dollars from black market oil sales, senior U.S. Treasury official Adam Szubin said on Thursday.

White House says may ask Congress to reform fiancée visa program

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday said it was possible it would ask Congress to reform the fiancée visa program that allowed California shooter Tashfeen Malik to enter the United States, but not until more was learned from the probe of the shooting.

UPDATE 1-Spain's Abengoa, creditors put Abengoa Yield share sale on hold

MADRID, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Spanish engineering group Abengoa and creditor banks agreed on Thursday to put on hold an option of selling shares in its Abengoa Yield business as a means of raising money, two banking sources briefed on the talks said.

Floors and ceilings: has OPEC changed its philosophy?

Margaret McQuaile argues that the lack of an OPEC oil output ceiling does not make a great deal of difference in a practical sense, but that philosophically there seems to have been a change.

UPDATE 3-OPEC points to larger 2016 oil surplus as group's output hits multi-year high

* OPEC raises November output by 230,000 bpd, most since 2008

Czech industry minister tells miner NWR to come up with new survival plan

PRAGUE, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The Czech industry minister urged loss-making coal miner New World Resources (NWR) on Thursday to come up with a new plan, after the government rejected the company's request for state aid to help it survive a coal price slump.

UPDATE 1-Russia's Mechel aims for approval of restructuring deals on March 4

MOSCOW, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Indebted Russian miner Mechel said on Thursday it had called an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) for March 4 when it expected shareholders would be able to vote on debt restructuring deals with its banks.

Brazil sugar group Tonon files for bankruptcy protection

SAO PAULO, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Brazil sugar and ethanol producer Tonon Bioenergia SA, which operates three mills with a total capacity to process 8.2 million tonnes of cane per year, has sought court protection against creditors, the company said late on Wednesday.

Diamonds are forever; is Anglo American?

JOHANNESBURG/LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Anglo American's plans to shut or sell dozens of loss-making mines have failed to halt a dramatic slide in its share price and it may need to sacrifice stronger parts of the business or raise cash from shareholders to pay down its debt.

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