TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Aerospace and transportation highlights to 15:40 BST

TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Aerospace and transportation highlights to 15:40 BST

	Published : Tue, 08 May 2007 15:56 By : Agencies Print this Story

2007-05-08 15:28:37

Fred Olsen Production signs FPSO cooperation deal with Japan's Marubeni Corp

OSLO (Thomson Financial) - Fred Olsen Production ASA (FOP) said it has

signed a strategic cooperation deal with Japan's Marubeni Corporation that will

see the two firms work together to identify and execute FPSO (floating

production, storage and offloading) projects in certain Asian countries.

2007-05-08 15:24:55

Fred Olsen Production signs FPSO cooperation deal with Japan's Marunbeni Corp

OSLO (Thomson Financial) - Fred Olsen Production ASA (FOP) said it has

signed a strategic cooperation deal with Japan's Marubeni Corporation that will

see the two firms work together to identify and execute FPSO (floating

production, storage and offloading) projects in certain Asian countries.

2007-05-08 14:55:18

SIAS' Cisa in 2.2 bln eur motorway investment deal with Italian govt's Anas

MILAN (Thomson Financial) - Societa Iniziative Autostradali e Servizi SpA

said its unit Autocamionale della Cisa SpA has signed an agreement with Italy's

motorway agency Anas to invest 2.2 bln eur in new links.

2007-05-08 14:40:59

GM Europe's Forster decides to stop production of Opel Signum in 2008 - report

FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - General Motors Corp Europe head Carl-Peter

Forster has made a decision to stop the production of Opel's Signum model in

summer next year, according to a pre-release of Auto Motor Sport magazine's

Thursday edition, citing company sources.

2007-05-08 13:47:19

Proposed emission limits threaten global automakers' profits - S&P

MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said

tightening vehicle emissions legislation in the world's major car markets pose a

significant threat to the credit quality and could hurt profitability of global

automakers.

2007-05-08 13:24:36

CSX to buy back $1B more in stock

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Railroad operator CSX Corp. said Tuesday it will

repurchase an additional $1 billion in company stock, hike its dividend by 25

percent and make significant capital expenditures over the next four years.