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Britain's Labour poised to gamble on socialism in leadership contest

LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party on Friday begins voting for a new leader in a contest that polls indicate will be won by Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran fan of Karl Marx who has upstaged rivals by promising a radical shift back to the party's socialist roots.

UPDATE 1-Goldman sells Colombia coal unit, ending physical commodity forays

NEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has sold its controversial Colombia coal mining division to privately held Murray Energy, Murray said on Thursday, concluding the Wall Street firm's divestment of physical commodity assets.

RPT-REFILE-UPDATE 1-China port blast hits iron ore deliveries, tanker operations

SHANGHAI/SYDNEY, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Two massive explosions at the Chinese port of Tianjin that ripped through parts of the terminal have hit iron ore import operations, as well as disrupting oil tanker arrivals and departures at this gateway to northeast China.

Goldman Sachs sells Colombia coal unit to Murray Energy

NEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has sold its controversial Colombia coal mining division to privately held Murray Energy, Murray said on Thursday, concluding the Wall Street giant's divestment of physical commodity assets.

RPT-BHP says iron ore operations disrupted by Tianjin port blasts

SYDNEY, Aug 13 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton's iron ore operations have been disrupted at the port of Tianjin after two massive explosions ripped through an industrial area in the northeast Chinese port city, the company said on Thursday.

UPDATE 2-U.S. judge upholds gas market manipulation charge against BP

Aug 13 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday found that BP Plc manipulated the natural gas market in 2008, as alleged by the U.S. energy regulator, but did not address a proposed $28 million fine or any other penalties.

IMF in Angola to gauge impact of oil slump on economy

LUANDA, Aug 13 (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund officials begin a working visit to Angola on Thursday with the oil-producing nation's economy reeling from the plunge in international crude prices.

Gasoline prices in U.S. Midwest near $3/gln on refinery glitch

NEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Retail gasoline prices in Midwest states have jumped as much as 33 cents in a week and could top $3 a gallon as soon as next week as the impact of an unexpected shutdown of a key unit at the region's biggest refinery shows up at the pump, motorist advocacy group AAA said on Thursday.

Campus Flora Fuels Research into Bioenergy-Inspired Energy Storage

Dr. Umit Koylu, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has received a six-month $50,000 Innovation Corps Teams (I Corps) Program grant from the National Science Foundation to accelerate tech-transfer and explore commercialization of a biology-inspired polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell. And the campus flora is his inspiration.

Britain's FTSE ends flat, weighed down by weaker oil prices

* G4S falls after broker downgrades (Recasts, updates closing prices)

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