Japanese shares tumble on concerns that the strengthened yen could dent exporters' earnings.

BANGALORE, INDIA--August 26, 2009--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) (Brisbane, Australia), a 50:50 joint venture between Origin Energy Limited (ASX:ORG) (Sydney, Australia) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) (Houston, Texas), has secured a 230-hectare site at Laird Point on Curtis Island from the state government of Queensland for developing a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant. The venture will set up a $29 billion plant for converting coal seam gas (CSG) to LNG at the site, located off the Port of Gladstone.

Other companies featured: BG Group Plc (OTC:BRGYY), Royal Dutch Shell Plc (NYSE:RDS.A), Santos Limited (OTC:STOSY)

BANGALORE, INDIA--August 17, 2009--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--India's Petronet LNG Limited (BSE:532522) (New Delhi) and the Australian subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) (Irving, Texas) have announced the signing of a 20-year sales and purchase agreement to procure about 1.5 million tons per year of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Gorgon gas project in Australia.

Other companies featured: Chevron Corporation (Chevron) (NYSE:CVX), Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.A), BP plc (NYSE:BP), InterOil Corporation USA (NYSE:IOC), Santos Limited (OTC:STOSY)

Asian markets end higher Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve indicates the worst is over for the U.S. economy.

Asian markets finish lower, as a strengthening yen weighs on Japanese exporters.

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Companies featured in this segment: FirstEnergy Corporation (NYSE:FE), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), BP plc (NYSE:BP), Siemen AG (NYSE:SI), Chevron Corporation (Chevron) (NYSE:CVX), Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.A), InterOil Corporation USA (NYSE:IOC), GlaxoSmithKline plc (NYSE:GSK), Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE:PFE), Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS), Eli Lilly & Company (NYSE:LLY), AstraZeneca plc (NYSE:AZN), Wyeth (NYSE:WYE), Genzyme Corporation (NASDAQ:GENZ), Merck & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MRK), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), Santos Limited (OTC:STOSY), Petronet LNG Limited (BSE:532522)

Companies featured in this segment: Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), Dow Chemical Company (NYSE:DOW), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Foster Wheeler (NASDAQ:FWLT), Corning Incorporated (NYSE:GLW), KBR Incorporated (NYSE:KBR), The Southern Company (NYSE:SO), Santos Limited (NASDAQ:STOSY), Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.A), Alstom (EPA:ALO), BG Group plc (OTC:BRGYY), Origin Energy Limited (ASX:ORG), WorleyParsons Limited (ASX:WOR), Clough Limited (ASX:CLO), Oil Search Limited (ASX:OSH), Nippon Oil Corporation (TYO:5001), Petronas Gas Berhad (KUL:PETGAS), and Arrow Energy Limited (ASX:AOE)

Companies featured in this segment: General Electric (NYSE:GE), BP plc (NYSE:BP), Spectra Energy Corporation (NYSE:SE), LSB Industries Incorporated (NYSE:LXU), Enbridge Incorporated (NYSE:ENB), Siemens AG (NYSE:SI), NaiKun Wind Energy Group Incorporated (TSXV:NKW), Konecranes Oyj (HEL:KCR1V), CITIC Pacific Limited (HKG:0267), FLSmidth & Company A/S (CPH:FLS), FLSmidth & Company A/S (CPH:FLS), Santos Limited (NASDAQ:STOSY), VDM Group Limited (ASX:VMG), NRW Holdings Limited (ASX:NWH)

Companies featured in this segment: American Electric Power Company Incorporated (NYSE:AEP), Dominion Resources Incorporated (NYSE:D), Metso Oyj (OTC:MXCYY), Progroup AG, Siemens AG (NYSE:SI), Cooper Industries Limited (NYSE:CBE), OneEnergy Limited, CLP Holdings (OTC:CLPHY), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TYO:6503), Electricity of Vietnam, The Bechtel Group, Chiyoda Corporation (TYO:6366), ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM), Santos (NASDAQ:STOSY), Oil Search Limited (ASX:OSH), Nippon Oil Corporation (TYO:5001), AGL Energy Limited (ASX:AGK), WorleyParsons Limited (ASX:WOR), KBR (NYSE:KBR), Air Products & Chemicals International (NYSE:APD), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), The Boeing Company’s (NYSE:BA), and Textron Incorporated (NYSE:TXT).

Companies featured in this segment: General Motors Corporation (NYSE:GM), Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F), Chrysler LLC, BP plc (NYSE:BP), Clipper Windpower plc (LSE:CWP), Otter Tail Corporation (NASDAQ:OTTR), MDU Resources Group Incorporated (NYSE:MDU), Dow Chemical (NYSE:DOW), Rohm and Haas (NYSE:ROH), Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company Incorporated (TYO:4182), Itochu Corporation (OTC:ITOCY), ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Nippon Oil Corporation (TYO:5001), Santos Limited (NASDAQ:STOSY), AGL Energy Limited (ASX:AGK), Sasol Limited (NYSE:SSL), Eni S.p.A (NYSE:E), Horizon Oil Limited (ASX:HZN), Interoil Corporation (TSX:IOL), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), and Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS-A)