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There was little indication that the Texas facility that had a massive explosion on Thursday posed a danger to the community, according to evaluations by oversight groups.
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*Research in Motion jumps on Goldman upgrade. NEW YORK, Nov 29- U.S. stocks finished higher on Thursday as investors bought on sporadic dips in a market roiled by conflicting comments from Washington about negotiations on an agreement to avoid the "fiscal cliff."
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WASHINGTON, Nov 29- Jeb Hensarling and Maxine Waters are about as far apart politically as two U.S. lawmakers can get. Hensarling, a conservative Republican from Texas, and Waters, a liberal California Democrat, will have a chance to steer housing policy when the new Congress convenes in January.
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*Units in Argentina, United States, Japan on block- source. RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 29- Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras plans to sell all its refineries outside of Brazil as part of an asset-sale plan aimed at helping finance expansion at home, a company source told Reuters on Thursday.
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NEW YORK, Nov 29- Canadian dairy products maker Saputo Inc and U.S.-based Michael Foods are competing to buy Dean Foods Co's Morningstar dairy division, people familiar with the matter said, in a deal that could fetch between $1 billion and $1.5 billion.
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Nov 29- U.S. engineering company Fluor Corp said on Thursday it moved forward the payment of its dividend by eight days to get it into 2012, joining a number of companies doing the same because of uncertainty about the U.S. government's fiscal plans.
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*Units in Argentina, United States, Japan on block- source. RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 29- Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras plans to sell all its refineries outside of Brazil as part of an asset-sale plan aimed at helping finance expansion at home, a company source told Reuters on Thursday.
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Nov 29- U.S. engineering company Fluor Corp said on Thursday it moved forward the payment of its dividend by eight days to get it into 2012, joining a number of companies doing the same because of uncertainty around the U.S. government's fiscal plans.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 29- Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras plans to sell all its refineries outside of Brazil as part of an asset sale plan aimed at helping finance expansion at home, a company source told Reuters on Thursday.
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*National Front could benefit more than Socialists. PARIS, Nov 29- France's far-right National Front party celebrated a fourfold increase in requests for membership on Thursday as a feud convulsed its main right-wing rival the UMP.
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Nov 28- Vitro SAB de CV lost its bid to enforce its Mexican restructuring plan on U.S. hedge funds on Wednesday in a ruling that legal experts said could shape the how foreign insolvencies are handled by American courts.
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*Merkel to kick off bid for third term in Hanover. Angela Merkel, at the peak of her political powers, is gearing up to run for a third term and what she hopes will be a place in the history books alongside towering post-war German leaders like Konrad Adenauer and Helmut Kohl.
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Nov 29- Drought is tightening its grip on the central United States as winter weather sets in, threatening to ravage the new wheat crop and spelling more hardship for farmers and ranchers already weary of the costly and ongoing dry conditions.
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*Tom Cole breaks ranks with fellow Republicans on taxes. WASHINGTON, Nov 28- In a U.S. Congress packed with big egos, Tom Cole keeps a low profile but isn't afraid to speak his mind. "Tom Cole is now our favorite Republican," a senior Democratic aide said of the Oklahoma conservative first elected to the House a decade ago.
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*US Airways flight attendants voted to authorize a strike. Nov 28- Pilots at United Airlines and American Airlines are due to vote in coming weeks on new labor contracts that in some cases offer the first significant raises in almost a decade.
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*BP says hopes to reach deal with EPA to resolve suspension. BP and its affiliates are barred from new federal contracts until they demonstrate they can meet federal business standards, the EPA said.
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Nov 28- Vitro SAB de CV lost its bid to enforce its Mexican restructuring plan on U.S. hedge funds on Wednesday in a ruling that legal experts said could shape the how foreign insolvencies are handled by American courts.
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*Restart expected to expand Gulf Coast products inventory. HOUSTON, Nov 28- Motiva Enterprise plans to restart the new crude unit at its flagship Port Arthur, Texas, refinery next week after piping damage shut the centerpiece of a $10 billion expansion shortly after its launch nearly six months ago, people familiar with refinery operations said on Wednesday.
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*BP says hopes to reach deal with EPA to resolve suspension. BP and its affiliates are barred from new federal contracts until they demonstrate they can meet federal business standards, the EPA said. The EPA action could complicate BP's plans to grow its production in the Gulf of Mexico, and came just hours before a government auction of offshore Gulf tracts.
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HOUSTON, Nov 28- Chevron Corp submitted the highest bid on Wednesday in an auction for drilling rights in the western Gulf of Mexico, while BP Plc decided not to participate even before the U.S. government temporarily banned it from new federal contracts.
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HOUSTON, Nov 28- Chevron Corp submitted the highest bid on Wednesday in an auction for drilling rights in the western Gulf of Mexico, while BP Plc sat out of the race after the U.S. government temporarily banned it from new federal contracts.