The FINANCIAL -- Wind Powering America publishes an onshore wind resource map for the United States, at 80 meters above ground and with resolution down to 2.5 meters.

The FINANCIAL -- The National Academy of Sciences National Research Council will release today its independent review entitled "The Safety Promise and Challenges of Automotive Electronics: Insights from Unintended Acceleration" ,according to Toyota.

The FINANCIAL -- Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced the Ntomme-2A appraisal well, located in the Deepwater Tano Block offshore the Republic of Ghana, encountered approximately 128 net feet of light oil pay in excellent-quality sandstone reservoirs, according to Anadarko.

The FINANCIAL -- Nissan North America and ABB, the world's leading power and technology group, along with 4R Energy and Sumitomo Corporation of America, have formed a partnership to evaluate the reuse of lithium-ion battery packs that power the Nissan LEAF, the world's first and only all-electric car designed for the mass market, according to Nissan.

The FINANCIAL -- Got backseat boredom? DVD players and Game Boys are so five years ago, but a new concept in rear seat entertainment technology that uses the windows themselves could replace squirminess and snoozing with interactive scribbling, sweeping and pinching, according to General Motors.

The FINANCIAL -- The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company's Management Committee and Zautbek Turisbekov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Russia, accordingt to Gazprom.

The FINANCIAL -- Four Ford models have scooped top reliability awards – three of them for the second year running, according to Ford.

The FINANCIAL -- Chevron Corporation said that its subsidiary, Chevron Nigeria Limited, has called off the search and rescue activities for two contractors who were missing after Monday's fire aboard the K.S. Endeavor, a drilling rig offshore Nigeria operated by FODE Drilling Nigeria Limited, according to Chevron.

The FINANCIAL -- In October 2011, the refinery yield of distillate fuels reached 29.7%, matching the previous record set in December 2008. For all major products, only the distillate yield is higher now than it was in October 2001.