International Energy

* German wholesale power is cheaper than in France, Netherlands * Cheaper industrial power paid for by soaring household bills * Ways sought to rein in household bill explosion By Henning Gloystein and Vera Eckert LONDON/FRANKFURT, May 21 (Reuters)...

LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German households are paying for ever cheaper wholesale power supplies to industry as the government uses money from soaring domestic bills to subsidize renewable energy, in turn creating overcapacity on the country's grid....

PERTH, May 21 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures eased to about $96.50 a barrel in early trading in Asia on Tuesday as ample supplies weighed on prices, despite support from equity markets. FUNDAMENTALS * U.S. oil fell 14 cents to $96.57 a barrel by 0023...

* Gold shoots up from 1-month low and 7 days of losses * Silver hits Sept 2010 low before rebounding * Oil reverses early losses to end higher * Raw sugar near 3-year low, arabica coffee down for 5th day By Barani Krishnan NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters)...

* Firm equity markets, strong U.S. data support * Demand growth outlook remains moderate * Oil markets are well supplied -analyst By Ramya Venugopal CHENNAI, India, May 20 (Reuters) - Brent crude futures held below $105 per barrel on Monday...

(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) By John Kemp LONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Budgets are made to be broken - especially when they are written by politicians. Unfortunately it seems the world is on course to break the...

(Repeats story from early in the day) By Steven C. Johnson NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. companies are hiring more workers and home prices, stock markets and energy production are climbing. But a sudden narrowing in the U.S. budget deficit could...

By Steven C. Johnson NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - U.S. companies are hiring more workers and home prices, stock markets and energy production are climbing. But a sudden narrowing in the U.S. budget deficit could trump all that - and provide another leg...

--Clyde Russell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.-- By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia, May 16 (Reuters) - The decline in China's implied oil use in April to an 8-month low, coupled with flat crude imports, gives the...

May 15 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE GLOBE AND MAIL * British Columbians voted overwhelmingly to send the Liberal...

* Statoil plans to award contract in 2014 * Five companies took part in pre-qualification * Parliament expected to decide in 2016 OSLO, May 15 (Reuters) - Norwegian oil and gas firm Statoil will call a tender in the coming weeks to acquire technology...

* IEA predicts rising supply from U.S. * U.S. crude inventories rose by 1.1 mln bbls, above f'cast -API * Brent to drop to $101.35 -technicals * Coming up: U.S. EIA weekly crude stocks at 1430 GMT By Manash Goswami SINGAPORE, May 15 (Reuters) - Brent...