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TOP STORIES

Race is on: Iraq cements Asia oil market share with $1.4 bln

India deal

SINGAPORE - Iraq has signed deals worth $1.4 billion to ship

about 160,000 barrels per day of crude to two Indian refiners in

2016, sources said, upping the ante in a race among exporters to

cement their market share in Asia - the world's top oil

consuming region. (IRAQ-OIL/INDIA (URGENT, PIX, GRAPHICS),

moved, by Florence Tan, 605 words)

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Global stocks extend rally, oil edges off 11-year low

LONDON - Global stocks extended a rally into a third day on

Wednesday as oil edged up from 11-year lows and the dollar eked

out minor gains in trade gradually winding down for the

holidays. (GLOBAL-MARKETS/ (WRAPUP 4), moved, by Nigel

Stephenson, 435 words)

See also:

- GLOBAL-OIL/ (UPDATE 3), moved, by Henning Gloystein, 440

words

- OIL-RALLY/LIQUIDITY, moved, by Catherine Ngai, 765 words

Record (LSE: REC.L - news) highs predicted for bitcoin in 2016 as new supply

halves

LONDON - 2016 could prove to be the year that the price of

bitcoin surges again. Not because of any dark-web drug-dealing

or Russian ponzi scheme, but for an altogether less sensational

reason - slower growth in the money supply.

(GLOBAL-MARKETS/BITCOIN (ANALYSIS), moved, by Jemima Kelly, 750

words)

ECONOMY

French November consumer spending dives but resists attacks

impact

PARIS - French consumer spending fell the most in nearly two

years in November as unseasonably warm weather held back energy

and clothing purchases, official data showed on Wednesday.

(FRANCE-ECONOMY/, moved, 335 words)

Sri Lanka to get $1 bln through FX remittances in a month-

Fin Min

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka will receive $1 billion through foreign

exchange remittances from offshore investors within a month,

Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake told Reuters on Wednesday, a

move that could boost the island nation's faltering reserves.

(SRI LANKA-ECONOMY/INFLOWS, moved, by Shihar Aneez, 280 words)

COMPANIES

Nigeria orders MTN to pay $3.9 bln fine by Dec 31

ABUJA - South African mobile phone operator MTN will have to

pay a $3.9 billion fine imposed by Nigeria for failing to

disconnect users with unregistered SIM cards by Dec. 31, a

source in the Nigerian telecommunications regulator said on

Wednesday. (NIGERIA-MTN GROUP/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 165 words)

Largest Dutch department store V&D granted creditor

protection

AMSTERDAM - Vroom & Dreesman, the largest department store

chain in the Netherlands, has been granted protection from

creditors after failed efforts to turn around the troubled

business, the company said on Wednesday.

(NETHERLANDS-RETAIL/BANKRUPTCY (UPDATE 1), moved, 300 words)

China says tech firms have nothing to fear from anti-terror

law

BEIJING - Technology companies have nothing to fear from

China's new anti-terrorism law which aims to prevent and probe

terror activities and does not affect their copyright, China's

Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, rebuffing U.S (Other OTC: UBGXF - news) . criticism as

unwarranted. (CHINA-SECURITY/USA (TV), moved, 455 words)

COMMODITIES

Chinese funds take cautious bets on short-term metals price

rise

HONG KONG - Some big Chinese commodity funds are positioning

for a short-term uptick in metals prices despite a poor

longer-term outlook, expecting supplies to tighten over the next

three to six months as Beijing acts to strengthen its economy.

(CHINA-METALS/FUNDS (PIX), moved, by Polly Yam, 500 words)