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Japan Oct average LNG spot price rises to $7.60/mmBtu

TOKYO, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Liquefied natural gas (LNG) spot prices for delivery in October to Japan, the world's biggest buyer, rose from the lowest level since Japan's government started publishing figures last year, official data released on Wednesday showed. The average spot LNG price rose to $7.60 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) last month from $7.40 per mmBtu in September, the lowest since March last year, the trade ministry said in a release.

UPDATE 1-Oil prices drop on rising stockpiles, Japan recession fears

* OPEC to meet Dec.

UPDATE 3-Petrobras cancels oil strike talks, union vows escalation

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-controlled oil producer Petroleo Brasileiro SA canceled talks with union leaders that were planned for Tuesday and aimed at settling a strike that is now in its ninth day.

UPDATE 1-Anger at burst dams in Brazil focuses on Vale, mining code

MARIANA, Brazil, Nov 10 (Reuters) - As despair turns to anger over a deadly dam burst at a Brazilian mine, lawmakers pushed on Tuesday for tougher regulations in a new mining code and iron ore giant Vale SA came under pressure to help mourning families and contain the environmental impact.

Britain loses top energy rating after green policy U-turns

Nov 11 (Reuters) - Britain has lost its top-notch energy policy rating from the U.N.-accredited World Energy Council after the government prematurely cut some renewable energy subsidies, creating uncertainty about how it will address support in future.

UPDATE 1-Marathon Petroleum raises cash portion of MarkWest offer

Nov 10 (Reuters) - Marathon Petroleum Corp on Tuesday raised the cash portion of its offer to buy MarkWest Energy Partners LP, the second-largest U.S.

Iraq agrees to IMF monitoring program as precondition to loan

BAGHDAD, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities agreed on Tuesday to have the International Monetary Fund monitor Baghdad's economic polices as a basis for a possible funding program in 2016, the IMF said in a statement.

Insurers face $600 mln claim in Brazil dam burst, sources say

SAO PAULO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Insurers covering risks for a Brazilian mine where two dams burst last week, killing at least six people, could pay up to $600 million in claims, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday.

Brazil tycoon Batista gets 5-year ban from corporate leadership

RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista has been banned for five years from holding any administrative or board of director post at a publicly traded company, Brazil's securities regulator CVM ruled on Tuesday.

As the US Heads to Climate Talks, It Seeks a Plan to 'Trust But Verify'

The U.S., like many other countries, has been participating in negotiations in the lead-up to the United Nations' conference on climate change in Paris.

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