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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.

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.

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

* Indian refiners owe more than $6.5 bln for Iran oil imports

BERLIN, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Germany's plans to pay companies to shift power capacity to a coal-fired reserve from 2017 may well breach EU rules, legal experts at the German parliament have found, a document seen by Reuters on Thursday showed.

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.

LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - China's devaluation of the yuan may hit already oversupplied world commodity markets, as the surprise move increases the chances that the world's biggest coal importer will become a net exporter.

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