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UPDATE 1-World War Two bomb found at BASF plant in Germany

FRANKFURT, Aug 21 (Reuters) - German chemicals firm BASF said on Friday that a World War Two bomb was found at its plant in Ludwigshafen and would be defused next month.

Greek parliament speaker objects to government formation process

ATHENS, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Greece's parliament speaker objected on Friday to the procedure followed by the country's president in handing out a mandate to the opposition to form a government, saying it was handled with an "unconstitutional rush".

Listen Up: Solar Advice from Pat Redgate at Ameco Solar

Technologies, companies and business models in the solar industry come and go. But even in the relatively new solar industry, history repeats itself. Disappearing tax credits and incentives, financing scams, unreliable technology, societal doom (Y2k) and gloom (nuclear winter) — it’s all happened before. We can learn a lot about building a sustainable solar businesses by talking to the solar contractors who have witnessed several of these boom and bust cycles over the past 20+ years.

RPT-UPDATE 2-E.ON boss says determined to spin off power plants

* E.ON keeps open option to take legal action (Adds details on government role)

World War Two bomb found at BASF plant in Germany

FRANKFURT, Aug 21 (Reuters) - German chemicals firm BASF said on Friday that a World War Two bomb was found at its plant in Ludwigshafen and would be defused next month.

Indonesia gives tin miner PT Timah green light to resume exports

JAKARTA, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Indonesia's PT Timah, the country's top tin miner, has been granted government clearance to resume exports and will look to make its first shipment by early September, company and government officials said on Friday.

ADB approves $1 bln loan for Kazakhstan's slowing economy

ALMATY, Aug 21 (Reuters) - The Asian Development Bank approved on Friday a $1 billion loan for Kazakhstan to help stabilise its economy hit by low world oil prices.

UPDATE 2-Four new fires at China blast site, widespread safety hazards found

* Inspectors find safety hazards at 70 pct of Beijing chemical firms

UPDATE 1-Malaysia's 1MDB says confident of sealing sale of power assets by Q4

* 1MDB says has shortlisted local and foreign strategic investors

UPDATE 1-Dutch storage company Vopak shares dive on outlook concerns

AMSTERDAM, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Shares in Vopak, the Dutch oil and chemicals storage company, tumbled on Friday after it said it did not expect Asian markets to improve and that its core earnings were likely to be lower in the second half of the year.

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