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CURITIBA, Brazil, July 24 (Reuters) - Brazilian prosecutors presented formal charges against Marcelo Odebrecht, head of Latin America's largest engineering firm Odebrecht SA , and Otavio Marques Azevedo, CEO of Andrade Gutierrez , and 20 others on Friday.

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proposed U.S. corporate tax reforms on Friday including a sliding scale for capital gains taxes and changes in executive compensation to encourage long-term growth to benefit American workers.

TORONTO, July 24 (Reuters) - Shares of diversified miner and energy producer Freeport-McMoRan sank for a second session Friday, as uncertainty around Indonesian mining contracts added to worries about spending plans, high debt and falling commodity prices.

July 24 (Reuters) - U.S. oil producers added 21 oil rigs in the past week, the most in over a year, data showed on Friday, suggesting that drillers were moving more aggressively than expected, just before crude prices' latest dive down.

NEW YORK, July 24 (Reuters) - Brent and U.S. crude futures extended losses to session lows on Friday after Baker Hughes Inc data showed companies added 21 oil rigs in the United States this week.

July 24 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms added 21 oil rigs this week after pulling seven rigs last week, despite a 21 percent collapse in U.S.

* Says cut 1,400 jobs since 2013 (Adds analyst, CEO comments; updates shares)

LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - A slump in metals prices this week and worries over China's growth prospects have heightened investor scrutiny of whether mining companies have the ability to weather the storm ahead.

VIENNA, July 24 (Reuters) - Iran offered to sell state assets to foreigners, said it would cut the government's role in the economy and pledged a tight monetary policy as it sought to attract billions of dollars of investment from abroad after over a decade of isolation.

RIO DE JANEIRO, July 24 (Reuters) - Brazilian oil workers began a 24-hour strike on Friday in an effort to stop efforts to shrink state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, according to the main union representing the workers.

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