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Australia shares seen weighed by commodity slide, Fed rate risk

SYDNEY, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Australian shares looked set for a weaker start on Monday, following an unimpressive closing on Wall Street and sliding commodity prices. Global miner BHP Billiton is expected to open sharply lower after a 3.6 percent slide in its U.S. ADRs. The local share price index futures slipped 0.5 percent to 5,194 or a 21-point discount to the underlying S&P/ASX 200 index close on Friday. The benchmark dipped 0.5 percent last week.

INSIGHT-The unbearable lightness of Chinese emissions data

BEIJING, Nov 9 (Reuters) - To get a sense of how hard it is to measure greenhouse gas emissions in China, it pays to visit the Deqingyuan poultry farm on the outskirts of Beijing, where streams of chicken manure are piped from wooden sheds to an industrial gas digester that rises above the ground like a tethered balloon.

UPDATE 2-Third possible death being probed near burst Brazil dams

MARIANA, Brazil, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Brazilian authorities on Sunday were investigating a third possible death caused by a massive mudflow and flooding that swamped towns near an iron ore mine in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais.

UPDATE 1-AIRSHOW-Bell sees delayed recovery in commercial helicopter market

DUBAI, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Bell Helicopter, a unit of Textron Inc, said on Sunday it did not expect a recovery in the commercial helicopter market until the first or second quarter of 2017.

Nigeria's NNPC says on verge of oil find in Lake Chad area - statement

ABUJA, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Nigeria, Africa's biggest crude oil producer, may be "on the verge of a significant oil find" in the Lake Chad area of the northeast, NNPC managing director Ibe Kachikwu was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the state oil company on Sunday.

AIRSHOW-Bell sees delayed recovery in commercial helicopter market

DUBAI, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Bell Helicopter, a unit of Textron Inc, said on Sunday it did not expect a recovery in the commercial helicopter market until the first or second quarter of 2017.

REUTERS SUMMIT-Saudi steel firm Hadeed cuts costs as prices weigh

* For other news from Reuters Middle East Investment Summit, click on http://www.reuters.com/summit/MiddleEast15

MIDEAST STOCKS-Markets sunk by U.S. rate hike threat

* U.S. rate rise could add to monetary squeeze in Gulf * Saudi stock index tests, holds technical support * UAE property stocks hit hard * Air Arabia tumbles after Q3 misses estimates * Egypt state banks struggle to support currency By Andrew Torchia DUBAI, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The threat of a U.S.

INSIGHT-Activist stampede pushes board directors into shareholders' arms

NEW YORK, Nov 8 (Reuters) - A few days after joining the board of Atlantic Power, private equity veteran Gilbert Palter said he got a flurry of calls from the energy company's top shareholders, who wanted more than just to wish him well.

UPDATE 1-Nigeria's Buhari to swear in ministers on Wednesday

ABUJA, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari is to swear in members of his cabinet on Wednesday, a presidency statement said on Sunday, ending a five-month wait for a cabinet to be installed in Africa's most populace nation.

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