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TEHRAN (Reuters) - A team of U.N. inspectors arrived in Tehran on Monday for talks on Iran's disputed nuclear program, a day after the Islamic Republic ordered a halt to its oil sales to British and French companies in apparent retaliation for tightening EU sanctions.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil <XOM.N> plans to sell a large part of its 50 percent stake in TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK <5012.T> back to its Japanese refining partner in a deal that could be worth about 300 billion yen ($3.9 billion), and will make an announcement as early as Monday, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil <XOM.N> plans to sell a large part of its 50 percent stake in TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK <5012.T> back to its Japanese refining partner in a deal that could be worth about 300 billion yen ($3.9 billion), and will make an announcement as early as Monday, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil <XOM.N> plans to sell a large part of its 50 percent stake in TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK <5012.T> back to its Japanese refining partner in a deal that could be worth about 300 billion yen ($3.9 billion), and will make an announcement as early as Monday, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - As the European Union prepares to ban Iranian oil and the United States turns the screw on payments, oil executives and policymakers say China and Russia stand to gain the most and Western oil firms and consumers may emerge the biggest losers.

(Reuters) - Thin film solar startup Nanosolar Inc on Thursday named a former Cisco Systems Inc and Hewlett Packard Co operations executive as its chief executive.

Jan 17 - Japan's Solar Frontier has reached a deal to supply up to 150 megawatts of its solar panels to a California power plant that will one day be the world's largest solar installation made from an up-and-coming technology know as CIGS.

Jan 17 - Japan's Solar Frontier has reached a deal to supply up to 150 megawatts of its solar panels to a California power plant that will one day be the world's largest solar installation made from an up-and-coming technology know as CIGS.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's lawmakers have the opportunity to show how strong their support is for boosting renewable power supply to replace nuclear reactors with the passage of a green energy subsidy scheme likely within days.

Asian stock markets mostly rose on Wednesday as Shanghai shares started to recover from jitters caused by a weekend interest rate hike and as firm oil prices lifted energy stocks.