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Nov 5 (Reuters) - Sales of trucks powered by natural gas are sputtering and growth will be far weaker this year than last as tumbling diesel prices prevent drivers from switching over to the cleaner-burning fuel even though it is cheaper than it has been in years.

NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) - At least one U.S. aluminum producer may be hunkering down for a trade dispute with top-producer China, as the beleaguered aluminum industry fights for survival amid high labor and energy costs and prices at a six-year low.

LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The Saudi-Russian battle for Europe's crude oil buyers intensified this week as Swedish refiner Preem bought its first cargo of Saudi Arabian crude oil in around two decades, trading sources said.

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TOKYO, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Three of five major Japanese oil refiners slipped into the red in the six months ended September and two of them are curbing investments as the slump in oil prices, which shows little sign of ending, caused inventory losses.

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov 5 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - R ussia is preparing the ground for future regulation of carbon emissions, amid calls to wean the economy off its heavy dependence on polluting fossil fuels.

BUDAPEST, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Hungary may suspend payments into a fund for the future decommissioning of reactors at the Paks nuclear plant to finance more electricity price cuts, a senior government official said on Thursday.

ALMATY, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Kazakh oil firm KazMunaiGas Exploration Production said on Thursday its net profit has nearly halved in dollar terms in the first nine months of this year due to the decline in oil prices.

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Oil and gas services company Amec Foster Wheeler Plc raised its cost-savings target for the year and cut its dividend by half, pressured by the slump in oil prices.

PARIS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - France's Sanofi said on Thursday that it had signed a licence agreement with Korea-based Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

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