[external] South Korea joins race for Turkmen gas - Reuters - Sat 3:27 am
ASHGABAT, May 16 (Reuters) - South Korea, dependant on energy imports, told Turkmenistan on Friday it wanted to step up cooperation with Asia's top gas producer in developing its fields and building new pipelines.

Limketkai Sons Fasttracks 4-Star Hotel Complex in Philippines - AsiaPulse - Fri 9:36 pm
MANILA, May 16 Asia Pulse - Limketkai Sons, Inc. fast tracked the construction of the 250-room hotel complex in the company's 30-hectares commercial complex in Cagayan de Oro City.

Philippines Bpo Firms Eye $13 BLN Revenue by 2010 - AsiaPulse - Fri 9:10 pm
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Subic's Container Port Is Philippines New Global Gateway - AsiaPulse - Fri 9:03 pm
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Lafarge Malayan Cement Reports 13.2% Lift in Q1 Pre-Tax Profit - AsiaPulse - Fri 8:26 pm
KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 Asia Pulse - Lafarge Malayan Cement Berhad (KLSE:3794) on Thursday reported first quarter pre-tax profit of RM66.293 million (US$20.7 million), an increase of 13.2 per cent year-on-year thanks to higher domestic sales.

[external] KKR starts infrastructure group headed by Bilicic - Reuters - Fri 8:01 pm
PHILADELPHIA, May 16 (Reuters) - Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co said on Friday it would begin investing in global infrastructure assets with a team led by George Bilicic, who joins the private equity firm from Lazard Ltd .

[external] NZ power company Genesis Energy appoints new CEO - Reuters - Fri 7:16 pm
WELLINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - New Zealand electricity company Genesis Energy said on Friday it had appointed former Oceanagold executive Albert Brantley to be its new chief executive.

[external] Hongda, other Sichuan firms report quake damage - Reuters - Fri 5:17 pm
SHANGHAI, May 16 (Reuters) - China's Sichuan Hongda Co said on Friday its non-ferrous metals and chemicals plants had been damaged by this week's devastating quake in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

[external] Gazprom joins Canada LNG plant consortium - Reuters - Fri 12:50 pm
CALGARY, Alberta, May 15 (Reuters) - Gazprom moved a Canadian liquefied natural gas terminal ahead on Thursday by taking a stake and agreeing to supply all the gas needs from the Russian producer's huge Shtokman project, the companies said on Thursday.

Earlier Headlines

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· [external] Yingli Green Energy posts profit on sales surge - Reuters - Fri 10:50 am
· [external] Gazprom joins Canada LNG plant as partner, supplier - Reuters - Fri 8:53 am
· [external] CORRECTED - Kyrgyzstan fines Centerra $2.6 mln in back taxes - Reuters - Fri 8:36 am
· [external] Syncrude to restart coker after maintenance shutdown - Reuters - Fri 8:21 am
· [external] Gas Plus halts Gazprom talks, still looks for deal - Reuters - Fri 8:12 am
· [external] Russia UES sells TGK-11 stake, annuls share issue - Reuters - Fri 7:35 am
· [external] Russia IES buys TGK-7, to give control to Gazprom - Reuters - Fri 7:35 am
· [external] Russia UES sells TGK-11 stake to E4, annuls shr issue - Reuters - Fri 5:41 am
· [external] Kyrgyzstan fines Centerra $3 mln in back taxes - Reuters - Fri 5:40 am
· [external] Dolphin Energy eyes $3.45 bln debt, appoints RBS - Reuters - Fri 5:29 am

· [external] Trina Solar sets new polysilicon purchase - Reuters - Fri 5:10 am
· [external] China quake may cut 5 pct carbon offsets-Lehman - Reuters - Fri 5:02 am
· [external] FACTBOX-Indonesia's struggle with sensitive fuel prices - Reuters - Fri 4:44 am
· [external] Japan's TEPCO to build its first wind farm - Reuters - Fri 4:39 am
· [external] Japan's TEPCO doubles oil buy in April y/y - Reuters - Fri 3:27 am
· [external] China quake may impact 5 pct carbon offsets-Lehman - Reuters - Fri 3:11 am
· China Air Announces Emergency Plan in Effect After Earthquake - AsiaPulse - Fri 2:04 am
· [external] Indonesia's Bumi sees 120% coal price hike-sources - Reuters - Fri 1:17 am
· [external] Indonesia's Bumi signs coal deals at $132/tonne - Reuters - Fri 12:13 am
· [external] UAE's Dana Gas income climbs on higher prices - Reuters - Fri 12:12 am

· [external] Manila's First Holdings Q1 net down 79 pct on yr - Reuters - Thu 9:24 pm
· [external] Hokuriku Gas-2007/08 parent results - Reuters - Thu 9:01 pm
· [external] Hokuriku Gas-2007/08 group results - Reuters - Thu 9:01 pm
· PT Indocement to Invest $US420MLN - AsiaPulse - Thu 8:22 pm
· [external] Korea Hot Stocks- Steel makers, KPS surges on M&A speculation - Reuters - Thu 7:17 pm
· [external] Japan's Hokuriku to resume ops at nuclear unit - Reuters - Thu 7:08 pm
· Hanoi-Vinh Express Railway Needs US$12 BLN: Korean Study - AsiaPulse - Thu 6:57 pm
· [external] Japan Hokuriku to resume normal ops of nuclear unit - Reuters - Thu 6:26 pm
· [external] REFILE-Foreign investors tackle Japan firms on governance - Reuters - Thu 6:12 pm
· [external] Foreign investors tackle Japan firms on governance - Reuters - Thu 5:47 pm