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U.S. firms lead EU lobbying league

* U.S. companies dominate top spending rankings * Tech rivals Microsoft, Google among big lobbiers * Oil giants maintain high spending, Deutsche Bank grows * Data deadline was first since registration mandatory By Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS, April 30 (Reuters) - U.S. companies, including tech rivals Microsoft and Google, were among leading spenders on corporate lobbying in Brussels last year, a Reuters review of new data showed (table below).

UPDATE 2-Vale signals cut in production growth as iron price slumps

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 30 (Reuters) - Brazil's Vale SA said on Thursday it could reduce forecasted iron ore production by up to 30 million tonnes over the next two years, as the miner tries to resuscitate margins in the midst of a severe price slump.

UPDATE 3-Exxon profit slips but beats forecasts on refining, output

April 30 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp's first-quarter profit dropped less than expected in results posted on Thursday as margins at the refining unit of the world's largest publicly traded oil company surged on tumbling crude prices.

Obama unlikely to unveil Keystone move during Canada election -sources

OTTAWA, April 30 (Reuters) - U.S.

UPDATE 2-Mexico's Pemex posts 10th consecutive quarterly loss

MEXICO CITY, April 30 (Reuters) - Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex posted its 10th consecutive quarterly loss in the first quarter, as it was hit hard by lower crude prices and higher financial expenses, the firm said on Thursday.

Europe calls for tougher limits on super greenhouse gases

BRUSSELS, April 30 (Reuters) - The European Commission on Thursday called for a tougher U.N. Montreal Protocol to protect the ozone layer by curbing super greenhouse gases known as HFCs, that have a global warming potential thousands of times greater than carbon dioxide.

Britain's FTSE ends higher, Royal Mail supports

LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - Britain's top equity index closed slightly higher after setting a three-week low on Thursday, with Royal Mail gaining on the prospect of lower competition and energy shares tracking a rise in oil prices.

COLUMN-Russia building nuclear reactors - and influence - around the globe

April 30 (Reuters) - Russia has been notoriously brazen in using state-owned companies as instruments of national power. President Vladimir Putin's natural-gas wars with Belarus and Ukraine made headlines and sometimes left substantial parts of Europe in the cold. But Moscow's exploits in other energy-related areas have been less noticed.

Afren swings to full-year loss, says raises $200 mln

April 30 (Reuters) - Beleaguered oil producer Afren Plc swung to a full-year loss, hurt by a $1.1 billion impairment charge due to a fall in oil prices and a $900 million write-off on its Barda Rash reserves in the Iraqi Kurdistan region.

U.S. safety watchdog's oil train plan 'infeasible' -refiners

WASHINGTON, April 30 (Reuters) - The leading voice for the refining sector on Thursday said it was not realistic for U.S.

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