The FINANCIAL -- Toyota Motor Corporation announced financial results for the nine months ended December 31, 2011.

The FINANCIAL -- Sixteen student teams from 11 states have been named winners in the second round of the fifth annual Lexus Eco Challenge, an educational program and contest that inspires and empowers young people to learn about the environment and take action to improve it, according to Toyota Motor. Lexus will award a total of $500,000 in grants and scholarships throughout this year’s program.

The FINANCIAL -- Mitsubishi Motors North America, has seen the company’s all-new 100% electric-powered 2012 Mitsubishi i featuring Mitsubishi innovative Electric Vehicle technology named to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s prestigious “Greenest Vehicles of 2012” and “Greener Choices” lists.

The FINANCIAL -- The OAO LUKOIL would like to announce that the Board of technical enquiry into the causes of the fire outbreak at the Stavrolen petrochemical facility and the ensuing breakdown of an ethylene-producing unit on December 15, 2011, completed its work on February 4, 2012.

The FINANCIAL -- Harley-Davidson President and Chief Executive Officer Keith E. Wandell will assume the additional duties of Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Wandell was named Chairman by Board action, according to Harley-Davidso.

The FINANCIAL -- Alicia Boler-Davis was appointed Tuesday to U.S. vice president, Customer Experience, responsible for leading General Motors’ effort to make the way customers are treated a driver for repeat purchases of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac products and services.

The FINANCIAL -- Vilnius hosted a working meeting between Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Andrius Kubilius, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania.

The FINANCIAL -- As winter rain, ice and snow slows travel across the country, the all-new Ford Escape’s all-wheel-drive system offers drivers a little extra traction in slippery and snow-ridden conditions.

The FINANCIAL -- In 2011, net operating income was NOK 211.8 billion compared to NOK 137.3 billion in 2010, according to Statoil.