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.
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.
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.
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.
ZURICH, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Switzerland's lifting of some economic sanctions against Iran on Thursday should allow Swiss-based companies to take advantage if the U.S. and European Union eliminate their own trade curbs.
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