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Row over Libyan sovereign fund LIA reaches UK court

LONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - A row between Libya's two rival governments over control of the $67 billion Libyan Investment Authority, the country's sovereign wealth fund, has escalated with one of the would-be chairmen asking a London court to settle the dispute.

UPDATE 1-Obama heads to Arctic community on last day of Alaska tour

ANCHORAGE/JUNEAU Alaska, Sept 2 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday will become the first sitting U.S.

Tight U.S. labor markets fuel wage gains; China impact looms -Fed

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - U.S. labor markets were tight enough to fuel small wage gains in some professions in recent weeks, though some companies already were feeling a chill from an economic slowdown in China, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday.

Nearly half of hotel rooms in North Dakota oil capital sit empty

WILLISTON, N.D., Sept 2 (Reuters) - Nearly half of the hotel rooms in the epicenter of North Dakota's energy boom have been sitting empty this year, yet another sign that plunging oil prices have cooled the economy of the second-largest crude producing U.S.

UPDATE 1-Berkeley promoted to FTSE 100 index, replaces Weir Group

* Berkeley joins FTSE 100, Weir Group out in quarterly reshuffle

UPDATE 2-UK's coal-fired Eggborough power plant may close in March 2016

* Plant could provide 4 pct of Britain's electricity (Adds government response, background)

Britain's FTSE closes positive, follows Wall Street gains

* Halfords hit by cycling downturn (Adds closing prices and detail)

Brazil requests more information from Maersk in Petrobras probe

SAO PAULO, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Denmark's shipping and oil group A.P.

UPDATE 1-U.S. crude oil stocks rise as refinery runs fall, imports jump

NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil stockpiles rose unexpectedly last week as refinery throughput fell for a fourth week and imports jumped, while gasoline stocks fell, data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed on Wednesday.

Madagascar considers taking stakes in mining projects, increasing royalty fees

NAIROBI, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Madagascar plans to increase royalty fees and claim 10 percent stakes in mining concessions, under proposed changes to its mining code, according to a draft document seen by Reuters on Wednesday.

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