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Swiss canton eyes scrapping German-language requirement for wealthy foreigners

ZURICH, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Lawmakers in the Swiss canton where fugitive trader Marc Rich took refuge and which Glencore calls home may try to ease the path to permanent residency for some foreigners by scrapping a German language requirement - as long as they've got enough money.

Nord Stream-2 pipeline to kill Ukraine's gas transit business - Naftogaz CEO

FRANKFURT/KIEV, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The head of the Ukrainian state-run energy company Naftogaz has said a proposed new pipeline to pump Russian gas to Europe would spell the end for Ukraine's gas transport business.

UPDATE 1-Bank of China, Singapore boost commodity financing cooperation

SINGAPORE, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Bank of China (BOC) and Singapore's government trade agency International Enterprise (IE) Singapore have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop Singapore's commodity finance and trading, the two said on Friday.

UPDATE 1-Two dead, 30 injured, dozens missing after dam bursts in Brazil

MARIANA, Brazil, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Casualties from a collapsed dam at a Brazilian mine owned by Vale and BHP Billiton mounted on Friday after rescue teams worked through the night to find the dozens missing in mudslides that devastated a nearby village.

RPT-U.S. shale producers see big budget cuts for 2016

HOUSTON/NEW YORK, Nov 6 (Reuters) - U.S. shale oil producers, having slashed fat from 2015 budgets after a 50-percent drop in crude prices, risk cutting to the bone next year as they pare spending further and get ready for a prolonged downturn.

REFILE-Japan's trading firms give bleak outlook for commodity prices

TOKYO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Japan's five biggest trading houses have given up hopes for a quick rebound in commodity prices, with top-ranked Mitsubishi revising its outlook for a recovery to 2018 from 2017.

UPDATE 1-U.N. climate fund approves first projects ahead of Paris summit

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - A multi-billion dollar fund set up by the United Nations to help poor countries tackle climate change approved its first eight projects on Friday, a key step before a global climate summit starts on Nov.

Casualties rise after dam burst at Vale, BHP mine in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - A burst dam at an iron ore mine owned by Vale and BHP Billiton left at least two people dead, more than 30 injured and dozens missing overnight, a spokesman for firefighters in the city of Mariana said on Friday.

Crippling power cuts fuel Zimbabwe's illegal logging trade

HARARE, Nov 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the dead of night, trucks loaded with illegally logged wood weave their way past police roadblocks to a capital city shrouded in darkness.

UPDATE 1-Profits fall more than expected at Polish gas group PGNiG

WARSAW, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Poland's biggest gas distributor PGNiG on Friday raised its 2015 core profit target thanks to cost cuts and increased production after it reported a bigger than expected 53 percent fall in third-quarter net profit.

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