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WINNERS & LOSERS SUMMARY: Halfords Knocked Off Its Bike

LONDON MARKET OPEN: Ashtead Shares Rise After Impressive First Quarter

UPDATE 4-Obama pushes for more U.S. ice-breaking might in Arctic

(Changes dateline to SEWARD; adds comments from Obama, paragraphs 1-5) By Roberta Rampton SEWARD, Alaska, Sept 1 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the United States needs to quickly acquire at least one new heavy icebreaker for the U.S. Arctic, where melting sea ice h

UPDATE 3-Obama pushes for more U.S. ice-breaking might in Arctic

(Adds comment from General Dynamics) By Roberta Rampton ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept 1 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a faster timetable for buying a new heavy icebreaker for the U.S. Arctic, where quickly melting sea ice has spurred more maritime traffic and the Un

Nigeria must eradicate oil theft in eight months-NNPC

ABUJA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Nigerian authorities hope to put an end to rampant oil theft in eight months by increasing drone and naval monitoring of territorial waters and working with local communities, the state oil company chief said on Tuesday. The Niger delta has been plagued by oil thef

UPDATE 2-Obama pushes for more U.S. ice-breaking might in Arctic

(Adds comment from company, analyst) By Roberta Rampton ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept 1 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a faster timetable for buying a new heavy icebreaker for the U.S. Arctic, where quickly melting sea ice has spurred more maritime traffic and the Un

UPDATE 1-Obama pushes for more U.S. ice-breaking might in Arctic

(Adds comment from analyst) By Roberta Rampton ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept 1 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a faster timetable for buying a new heavy icebreaker for the U.S. Arctic, where quickly melting sea ice has spurred more maritime traffic, and the United Sta

Gunvor emerges as winner in Rosneft's jumbo oil tender

MOSCOW, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Trading house Gunvor, which has been selling assets in Russia, has again emerged as the winner of a semi-annual Rosneft tender, traders said on Tuesday. They said Gunvor would lift from 200,000 tonnes to 500,000 tonnes of Russian Urals crude per month from the Bal

HSBC upgrades Shell, BG to 'buy'

(ShareCast News) - HSBC upgraded its stance on Royal Dutch Shell and BG Group to 'buy' from 'hold' as it took a look at global integrated oil companies. As far as Shell is concerned, it said the fall in the shares in absolute terms brings them to levels which justify an upgrade. The bank said the p

PRESS: BG Group Puts Stake In Huge Thai Gas Field On Block - Reuters

BROKER RATINGS SUMMARY: Merrill Resumes Insurers With Underperform

Obama pushes for more U.S. ice-breaking might in Arctic

By Roberta Rampton ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept 1 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday will propose a faster timetable for buying a new heavy icebreaker for the U.S. Arctic, where quickly melting sea ice has spurred more maritime traffic, and the United States has fallen far behind Russ

LONDON BRIEFING: Inmarsat Shares Orbit Above Earth-Bound Early Market

LONDON MARKET PRE-OPEN: Futures Call For Weak Start To September

UPDATE 12-U.S. crude jumps 6 pct in second day of short-covering frenzy

* Refinery outages, Yemen tensions and storm watch fuel gains * Second-largest 2-day rally in U.S. crude in 25 years * U.S. crude up 7 pct, extending Monday's 10 pct gain * Brent up 5 pct, back above $50 a barrel (New throughout, updates prices and market activity to settlemen