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Rich world struggles to resolve row over coal subsidies

BRUSSELS, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Rich nations are stubbornly divided ahead of talks in Paris on Thursday to seek a deal to phase out coal subsidies in a foretaste of the difficulty of agreeing on action to curb global warming at a U.N. summit later this year.

CORRECTED-China's CNPC to shut hotels, ditch cars in graft crackdown

BEIJING, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Chinese state-owned energy giant China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) will sell off most of its hotels by the end of 2017 and get rid of more than 4,000 company cars as part of efforts to root out corruption and waste, it said on Monday.

India's Modi to meet utilities to fix electricity debt mess

NEW DELHI, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet bosses of loss-making electricity utilities on Monday to debate a rescue package for a sector whose vast debts weigh on the banking system and undermine promises to provide power for all.

Australian PM asked to step down by senior ministers - Sky TV

CANBERRA, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Embattled Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been asked to step down by two senior ministers, Sky TV reported on Monday, following mounting speculation about his position and concerns about the performance of his conservative coalition government.

COLUMN-Oil trading in Asia reaches inflection point: Russell

--Clyde Russell is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own.--

Has US shale rendered spare capacity irrelevant?

Herman Wang looks at how the resilience of shale and the proliferation of US oil production has pushed the US into a new role as the world's swing producer.

Global solar photovoltaic manufacturing production slows in recent years

(Mon, 14 Sep 2015) Growth in solar photovoltaic (PV) module production has slowed in recent years to 4% annually from 2011 to 2013 after increasing by an average of 78% from 2006 to 2011. In addition, the gap between global PV module manufacturing capability and production has grown, leading to lower utilization rates of manufacturing facilities.

US shale crude cash markets offer ray of hope amid global gloom

NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) - In shale strongholds of North Dakota and Texas, physical crude grades are trading at the highest premiums to futures prices in years, offering a glimmer of hope that a pickup in global oil markets might follow.

UPDATE 2-Crude oil prices fall as demand stalls

* Jefferies lowers oil price outlook (Adds comment, price forecasts, chart, updates prices)

China's Sinopec to shut hotels, ditch cars in graft crackdown

BEIJING, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Chinese state-owned energy giant Sinopec Group will sell off most of its hotels by the end of 2017 and get rid of more than 4,000 company cars as part of efforts to root out corruption and waste, it said on Monday.

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