Research and Markets: Analysis of Top 10 LNG Companies – Competitive Strategies, Planned Investments, Market Structures and SWOT Analysis

July 23, 2010 By Leave a Comment

DUBLIN–(Business Wire)–
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e9d850/analysis_of_top_10) has
announced the addition of the “Analysis of Top 10 LNG Companies- Competitive
Strategies, Planned Investments, Market Structures and SWOT Analysis” company
profile to their offering.

Analysis of Top 10 LNG Companies – Competitive Strategies, Planned Investments,
Market Structures and SWOT Analysis is a comprehensive report from LNGReports on
global LNG majors. The report analyzes the 5 major LNG exporting companies
including Qatar Petroleum, Nigeria LNG Limited, Petroliam Nasional Berhard,
Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Sonatrach and 5 LNG importing companies including Korea
Gas Corporation, Cheniere Energy Inc, Tokyo Electric Power Company Inc, Enagas
S.A, GDF Suez S.A.

The premium report provides historical and forecasted analysis of top 10 LNG
companies operations in each country, competitive strategies and their
contracts. Further, the report also provides business profiles, financial
information of these companies. Through innovative analytical tools like LNG
value chain analysis, SWOT analysis and benchmarking.

Scope

* The report includes information of all the terminals, markets and regions in
which the companies have ownership either directly or through subsidiaries
* The report also provided complete oil and gas profiles of top 10 LNG companies

* Long and medium term contracts signed by the top 10 companies along with
details of vendor, purchaser, volume and importing and exporting countries
* Key LNG strategies of top 10 companies are analyzed in detail
* The top 10 companies are benchmarked against different indexes
* All latest news and expansions, mergers, acquisitions, contracts, SPAs (Sales
and Purchase Agreements), FIDs (Final Investment Decisions), and others are
provided for each of the 10 companies

Key Topics Covered:

1 Table of Contents

2 Global LNG Market Structure

3 Comparative Analysis of Top Five Liquefaction Companies

4 Comparative Analysis of Top Five Regasification Companies

5 Qatar Petroleum LNG operations

6 Nigeria LNG Limited LNG Operations

7 Petroliam Nasional Berhad LNG Operations

8 Royal Dutch Shell Plc LNG Operations

9 Sonatrach LNG operations

10 Korea Gas Corporation LNG operations

11 Cheniere Energy, Inc. LNG operations

12 Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. LNG operations

13 Enagas S.A. LNG operations

14 Gdf SUEZ LNG operations

Companies Mentioned:

* Qatar Petroleum
* Nigeria LNG Limited
* Petroliam Nasional Berhard
* Royal Dutch Shell Plc
* Sonatrach
* Korea Gas Corporation
* Cheniere Energy Inc
* Tokyo Electric Power Company Inc
* Enagas S.A
* GDF Suez

For more information visit

http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/e9d850/analysis_of_top_10

Research and Markets
Laura Wood, Senior Manager,
press@researchandmarkets.com
U.S. Fax: 646-607-1907
Fax (outside U.S.): +353-1-481-1716

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Bellevue Asset Management : Bellevue Asset Management creates independent Advisory Board

June 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Bellevue Asset Management / Bellevue Asset Management creates independent Advisory Board
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of this announcement.

PRESS RELEASE
Küsnacht, June 14, 2010

Investment expertise in healthcare sector strengthened

As part of the systematic expansion of its sector and investing expertise, Bellevue
Asset Management has created a Healthcare Advisory Board composed of highly qualified
executives with many years of experience as well as distinguished scientists. This
further strengthens the company’s proven competency in the healthcare sector as well as
its already extensive international network. The objectives here are detecting mega
trends and investment opportunities at a very early stage, systematically identifying
groundbreaking innovations and realistically evaluating their prospects of success and,
ultimately, using this knowledge to make sound and successful investment decisions.

The creation of an independent Healthcare Advisory Board marks another step forward in
the steadfast implementation of Bellevue Asset Management’s strategic expansion of its
asset management business. The company has attracted prominent executives and experts
with excellent credentials and track records to its international Advisory Board. They
are industry representatives with high R&D competence and who are very familiar with
regulatory processes or have decades of experience in managing international companies.
The newly constituted board chaired by William M. Burns, former CEO of the Pharma
Division at Roche, will focus its attention on trends and investment opportunities in
the healthcare sector.

The board members, internationally recognized experts representing diverse industrial
and academic backgrounds, will advise the investment specialists at Bellevue Asset
Management and support them in the evaluation of consequential medical and technical
innovations in the biotechnology and medical technology sectors as well as in other
areas, including the corresponding investment possibilities.

“The innovative forces at work in the healthcare sector remain as strong as ever, which
makes the early detection of critical trends and an accurate assessment of the chances
of their successful commercial realization all the more important. We are looking
forward to a fruitful and rewarding interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and ideas
with the portfolio managers,” says William M. Burns, Chairman of the Advisory Board.
Hans-Peter Diener, CEO of Bellevue Asset Management, adds: “We are honored to be able to
consult such high-caliber professionals while screening, evaluating and realizing
investment opportunities, for it is only through an active discourse with the best
experts worldwide that specialist knowledge and expertise can be maintained and
developed at internationally competitive levels. This, in turn, enables us to detect
future investment ideas early on and realistically assess their prospects.”

The Healthcare Advisory Board consists of the following experts:

William M. Burns (Chairman)

Board member of Roche Group; ex-CEO Roche Pharma; Board member of Chugai and member of
the Advisory Board of Genentech; Board member of Shire and Crucell

Prof. Dr. Dr. Uwe Bicker

Aventis Foundation trustee; Board member of Sanofi-Aventis; Vice Chairman of Epigenomics
AG; Professor at the Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg

Prof. Dr. Stefan Catsicas

Co-founder of the Tilocor Life Science biotechnology group; Former Professor at the
School of Medicine in Lausanne and Professor, Vice President and Research Director at
the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Lausanne)

Dr. Jürgen Schwiezer

Ex-CEO Roche Diagnostics

Prof. Dr. Thomas Szucs

Chairman of Helsana Group and BB Biotech AG; Director of the Institute of Pharmaceutical
Medicine at the University of Basel

Prof. Dr. Otmar D. Wiestler

Chairman of the Management Board and Scientific Director of the German Cancer Research
Center, Heidelberg

Bellevue Asset Management is one of the leading providers of investment management
services in the healthcare sector, specifically in medical technology and biotechnology.
14 experts in the fields of biochemistry, molecular biology, medicine and economics
manage approximately CHF 2.2 billion using specialized sector strategies in the
healthcare sector. With an average of 10 years of professional experience and a network
of contacts spanning the globe, they are a key factor for competitive and sustainable
investment success.

Based on its profound healthcare expertise Bellevue Asset Management offers a
comprehensive range of investment vehicles:

Traditional investment vehicles

BB Biotech AG (listed investment company)
BB Biotech (Lux) Fund
BB Medtech (Lux) Fund
BB Healthcare (Lux) Fund

Non-traditional investment vehicles

BB Bioventures
BB Biotech Ventures II – III
BB Alpha Health (long/short equity fund)

For further information:

Bellevue Asset Management AG, Seestrasse 16/P.O. Box, CH-8700 Küsnacht/Zurich

Thomas Egger, Tel. +41 (44) 267 67 09, teg@bellevue.ch mailto:teg@bellevue.ch

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Bellevue Asset Management

Bellevue Asset Management is an independent and highly specialized asset management
boutique focused on managing equity portfolios for selective sector and regional
strategies as well as institutional portfolios, particularly in the areas of healthcare,
new markets and Swiss/European equities.

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Wednesday’s Critical Alerts for Citigroup, Bank of America, Verizon, and Intel by Morning Star Research

April 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment

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Agroton Public Limited Announces Audited Financial Results for the Full Year ended December 31, 2009

April 15, 2010 By Leave a Comment

LUHANSK, Ukraine–(Business Wire)–
Agroton Public Limited, diversified vertically integrated agricultural producer
in eastern Ukraine, focusing on crop production, comprising principally
sunflower seeds and wheat, as well as the processing, storage and sale of such
crops, livestock and food processing, today announces its audited financial
results for the full year ended 31 December 2009.

Financial overview
2009 2008 change
Revenue USD, ths 55,288 75,749 -27%
IAS 41 standard gains 20,807 17,683 18%
Gross profit USD, ths 19,872 14,940 33%
Gross margin % 36% 20% 80%
EBITDA USD, ths 21,217 10,477 103%
EBITDA margin % 38% 14% 171%
EBIT USD, ths 16,639 4,767 249%
EBIT margin % 30% 6% 400%
Net profit USD, ths 5,051 (18,890) n/a
Net profit margin % 9% -25% n/a
Net debt at the year end USD, ths 22,963 57,551 -60%
Net debt at the year end / EBITDA 1.1 5.5 -80%

All the key financial indicators increased significantly as reported in local
currency (Hryvnia – UAH).

However, when translated into US dollars, due to the significant Hryvnia`s
depreciation against the US dollar over the last year (2009: average UAH/USD
7.79; 2008: average UAH/USD 5.27), some financial indicators were down
year-on-year when reported in US dollars.

Consolidated revenue in UAH terms increased by 8% to UAH 430.8 million (2008:
UAH 399.2 million) and in US dollar terms decreased by -27% to USD 55.3 million
(2008: USD 75.8 million).

Commenting on the results, Iurii Zhuravlov, Chief Executive Officer of Agroton
Public Limited, said:

“After offering and listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in November 2009 we
made a number of investment decisions to strengthen our position as #1 sunflower
seed producer and to fulfill the investment program for 2010. Our most recent
developments are construction of 8 new chicken farms (today Agroton operates 47
high technology chicken farms) and pending acquisition of additional 6,000
hectares of land in Kharkiv and about 10,000 hectares of land in Luhansk regions
close to our existing 134,075 hectares farmland.”

Link to independent auditors` report and consolidated financial statements for
the year ended 31 December 2009, 2008 and 2007:

http://eng.agroton.com.ua/Investor_Relations/html/Financial_results.htm

For further information:

Agroton Public Limited
Bloomberg Ticker: A2TA
www.agroton.com.ua

Note to Editors

Agroton Public Limited is the largest diversified vertically integrated
agricultural producer in eastern Ukraine. Founded in 1992, the Company harvests
134,075 hectares of black soil farmland in the Luhansk and Kharkiv regions and
operates 235,000 tonnes of elevator storage facilities. Agroton Public Limited
conducts its operations in three segments: crop farming, livestock, and food
processing and food production. The Company is the No.1 sunflower producer and
No.4 wheat producer in Ukraine.

Agroton Public Limited
Iurii Zhuravlov
Chief Executive Officer
Tel: +38 (0642) 34 53 79
Email: zhuravlev@agroton.lg.ua
or
Andrii Anpilov
Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +38 (0642) 34 71 05
Email: anpilov@agroton.lg.ua

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Seoul shares down led by banks, Daewoo Ship rises

April 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment

KOSPI down 0.69 pct

* Banks fall with U.S. peers on Goldman Sachs’ share offering

* Daewoo Shipbuilding, International up on KAMCO’s comments
(Updates to mid-morning)

By Jungyoun Park

SEOUL, April 15 (Reuters) – Seoul shares fell on Wednesday
following losses on Wall Street sparked by weak retail sales
data, with banks leading the decline, but Daewoo Shipbuilding
(042660.KS) outperformed on news regarding a planned stake sale.

The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) was
down 0.69 percent at 1,333.40 as of 0219 GMT.

“The main index had risen for five consecutive weeks and
institutions are moving to book in profits, moves of which
accelerated today after falls in U.S. stocks after weak retail
sale data,” said Kim Joon-kie, a market analyst at SK Securities.

“Shares have been rising on expectation about the broader
economy, so fresh weakness in retail data weakened sentiment.
Investors are being more cautious, wanting to confirm quarterly
results and outlook comments before making investment decisions,”
Kim said, adding that the won’s relative stabilisation had
curbed foreign investor appetite in South Korean shares as well.

Foreigners were sellers of a net 54.4 billion won, and
institutions sold a net 54.36 billion won as of 0217 GMT.

Analysts expected limited impact from news North Korea had
ordered U.N. inspectors to leave on Tuesday after saying it would
quit international nuclear disarmament talks and restart a plant
that makes bomb-grade plutonium. [ID:nSP497987]

“North Korean has more political implications than economic
implications. I do not think investors will pay much attention to
it,” said Kim Se-jung, a market analyst at Shinyoung Securities.

Banks led declines after their U.S. peers dropped on news of
Goldman Sachs’ (GS.N) share offering, sending the S and P financial
index .GSPF 7.68 percent lower.

KB Financial Group (105560.KS) was down 3.18 percent and Hana
Financial Group (086790.KS) declined 3.38 percent.

Meanwhile, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering
(042660.KS) and Daewoo International Corp (047050.KS)
outperformed against the benchmark after Korea Asset Management
Corp (KAMCO) said on Tuesday that it would consider later this
year the timing for a sale of its stake in the firms.
[ID:nSEO91082]

KAMCO owns 19.1 percent of Daewoo Shipyard, the world’s No.3
shipbuilder, and 35.5 percent of Daewoo International, an energy
developing firm.

Daewoo Shipbuilding was up 1.58 percent and Daewoo
International was up 4.01 percent.

Shares in KT and G (033780.KS) also outperformed against the
benchmark index, trading 0.95 percent higher, helped by a
positive brokerage note from Morgan Stanley.

Morgan Stanley said in its note on Wednesday that it expects
the South Korean tobacco monopoly’s first quarter earnings to
beat Morgan Stanley’s earlier earnings estimates.

“We had expected 211 billion won of operating profit and 199
billion won in net income (for the first quarter 2009). However
strong cigarette exports and tight cost control could increase
operating profits, 237 billion won now expected. Thanks to
favourable foreign exchange movements, net income could reach 235
billion won in our view,” Morgan Stanley said.

(Editing by Jacqueline Wong)

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Cheerful traders ‘encourage risk taking’

April 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, Apr 8 (ANI): Even an ephemeral exposure to a smiling face can prompt people to make risky investment decisions, concludes a new study.

Graduate student Julie Hall of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has shown experiments in which 12 male and 12 female volunteers played a game in which they repeatedly had to choose between investing in a “safe” bond and two much riskier stocks.

For every round of the game, the bond paid out 3 dollars. One of the stocks paid out 5 dollars half of the time, while the other lost 5 dollars at the same rate. At the start of the game, the players were told the rules but didn’t know which of the stocks was good and which was bad: that only emerged as the game unfolded, reports New Scientist.

As with real-world investments, the good stock became bad at certain points during the game, and vice versa, the Cognitive Neuroscience Society meeting in San Francisco heard.

Under these circumstances, the rational strategy is to keep investing in the safe bond. This is mostly what participants did – but only when they were shown an image of a face that showed no emotion before each round. Volunteers who were shown a happy face were much more likely to choose the risky stocks. It made no difference whether the face was displayed long enough for the volunteers to register it consciously, or flashed up fleetingly so it was only perceived subliminally.

Brian Knutson, a psychologist at Stanford University in California, pointed out: “The market is made up of individuals, and individuals have reactions to what’s going on.”

While they were playing the game, the volunteers’ brains were also scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging. This showed that the risky decisions were preceded by activity in a brain area called the nucleus accumbens, while the safe bets followed excitation in the anterior insular cortex. (ANI)

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