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SSE considers swoop on British Energy assets

Energy giant may buy two power stations in the North from EDF after its £12.5bn acquisition of the UK company

Oil prices suffer their biggest fall in 7 years

Benchmark light sweet crude for delivery in February slumped $5.95 to close at $42.63 a barrel on New York Mercantile Exchange

EU talks tough as Russian gas supplies dry up

Thousands go cold in Balkans but Ukraine signals tough stance in Moscow gas talks despite EU protests

Europe's gas war hits more countries

Austria, Czech Republic and Slovakia say gas supplies have stopped as dispute between Russia and Ukraine deepens

COMMENT: It's time to see through Gazprom

Europeans, and especially Germany, are too keen to buy into myth that Gazprom is a normal company, says Roger Boyes

Gazprom brands Ukraine 'a barbarian'

Russia’s state-controlled gas monopoly says neighbouring country is stealing gas as dispute over supplies deepens

Europe freezes as gas taps are turned off

Countries call a state of emergency and fears of price rises are growing as dispute between Russia and Ukraine spreads

Alcoa will cut 15% of workers as crunch bites

Pittsburgh-based aluminium producer will lose over 15,000 people as demand for aluminium falls sharply

Dow Chemical to sue Kuwait over 'contract breach'

US giant hopes to claw back $2.5bn after Kuwait's state-owned chemicals group pulled out of a $17.4bn joint venture

EU oil pipeline will cut dependence on Russia

3,300km Nabucco line will link gasfields of Azerbaijan to Western Europe, missing out Russia and Ukriane by, 2013

FACTBOX: who gets what from Gazprom

Germany buys the most Russian gas in Europe, while Finland and Slovakia get almost all their power from Gazprom

ANALYSIS: Ukraine pays dearly for haggling

There is an annual arm-wrestling contest as Moscow tries to ratchet prices higher and Kiev and others seek to resist

Cuts feared as Russian row heats up

Payment dispute and theft accusations threaten to squeeze gas flows out of Ukraine as Vladimir Putin orders cuts to supply

Canadian oil-sand mines hit by price drop

Collapse in the market value of crude takes toll on the once booming oil sands industry as investment begins to dry up

Iraq turns to West to boost production

Oil Ministry to offer second round of long-term contracts in a drive to double Iraq's crude oil output within four years