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TBILISI, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Georgia's economic growth slowed to 2.6 percent in the first seven months of 2015, down from 6.2 percent in the same period last year as it felt the impact of a plunge in the value of the Russian rouble and economic problems in the country's main trade partners.

LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Glencore's Monday announcement of a multi-pronged debt reduction programme has boosted its share price by 17 percent and the copper price by five percent from their respective Friday closes.

JAKARTA, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Indonesia's government will subsidise gas prices temporarily for "strategic industries", benefiting the likes of fertiliser and petrochemical companies, the energy ministry's secretary general, Teguh Pamudji, said on Wednesday.

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

LONDON, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Crude oil prices slipped on Wednesday amid a persistent oversupply of physical oil, but stock market gains globally helped to stem the losses.

Commerzbank AG, Germany’s second-largest lender, expects a 10 percent decline in renewable energy financing deals after a spate of offshore wind projects moved ahead last year.

* Mexico will not consider output cuts for now (Adds details, background, quotes, combines stories)

DUBAI, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Iraq will use the proceeds of an international bond issue to fund salaries as well as infrastructure projects in the oil and gas, electricity and transportation sectors, according to a prospectus seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

Japan’s Environment Ministry will ease restrictions on geothermal development activities in national or quasi-national parks. Reports have estimated 80% of Japan’s geothermal resources are located in these parks.

SunEdison Inc., the world’s largest clean energy developer, agreed to sell half of a 265 MW solar farm in Utah to Dominion Resources Inc. for $320 million, expanding a joint venture the two companies formed last month.

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