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BENTO RODRIGUES, Brazil, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Rescuers searched through mud and debris on Friday for people still missing from a village devastated by the collapse of two dams at a Brazilian mine co-owned by the world's largest mining company, BHP Billiton Ltd, and the world's largest iron ore miner, Vale SA.
By Mica Rosenberg NEW YORK, Nov 6 (Reuters) - A near century-old statute that gives New York state prosecutors unusually broad authority to prosecute securities fraud could prove a powerful weapon as Attorney General Eric Schneiderman probes Exxon Mobil Corp over whether the oil firm mislead the public and shareholders about the perils of climate change. The 1921 Martin Act, a wide-reaching state law, was dusted off in the early 2000s by former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer wh
BRASILIA, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro said it reduced the lost oil output from a labor strike to 115,000 barrels on Friday, as contingency plans continued to weaken the impact of the stoppage.
OSLO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - A Norwegian court ruled on Friday that while there was no strong evidence to suspect former Vimpelcom Chief Executive Jo Lunder of corruption he should remain in custody pending an appeal against his release.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov 6 (Reuters) - A former BP Plc engineer charged with obstructing justice after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill pleaded guilty to a lesser charge on Friday and was sentenced to six months of probation, a U.S. Justice Department spokesman said.
YENAGOA, Nigeria, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Nigerian police said they arrested more than 80 members of a Biafran separatist movement on Friday during one of a series of protests across the oil-rich southeast against the detention of the group's leader.
HOUSTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - North American pipeline companies are at a crossroads.
FORT SASKATCHEWAN, Alberta, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. rejection of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline was driven in part by protesters who are increasingly frustrated with inaction on climate change, Royal Dutch Shell Plc Chief Executive Ben van Beurden said on Friday.
BOSTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - A U.S. oil and gas drilling boom fueled by hydraulic fracturing technology added about 725,000 jobs nationwide between 2005 and 2012, blunting the impact of the financial crisis, according to a study released on Friday.
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