The FINANCIAL -- Suzuki Motor Corp. (SMC) on December 10 announced that Osamu Suzuki, current SMC chairman and CEO, will also assume the role of president and COO, effective Thursday, Dec. 11.

The FINANCIAL -- The “TOPautos 2009” have been selected by more than 150 renowned independent motor journalists from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The new Audi Q5 ranks as top off-roader among the best new vehicle releases of the model year 2009.

The FINANCIAL -- The Rompetrol Group invested in 2007-2008 over 175 million USD in building an offshore sea terminal in the Black Sea and in expanding by 350% its end product transit capacity by Midia port.

The FINANCIAL -- Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) on December 11 announced another successful appraisal well in the Jubilee field offshore Ghana.

The FINANCIAL -- Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) on December 10 completed the previously announced sale of its 50-percent interest in the Peregrino heavy-oil field offshore Brazil to StatoilHydro and received approximately $1.4 billion of net after-tax proceeds.

The FINANCIAL -- Nissan (China) Investment Co., Ltd. and Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company jointly hosted the "Nissan Advanced Technology Briefing" for the first time in China.

The FINANCIAL -- Volvo Trucks will deliver four refuse trucks with hybrid power to Veolia Propreté, one of the world’s largest companies in refuse handling. Next autumn the four hybrid trucks will commence operations in France and England.

The FINANCIAL -- StatoilHydro has today, 11 December, successfully completed the full acquisition of the Peregrino heavy-oil field offshore Brazil, after closing the deal to acquire the additional 50% stake from Anadarko.

The FINANCIAL -- Mazda Motor Corporation has confirmed that the all-new Mazda3 (known as Mazda Axela in Japan) four-door sedan and five-door hatchback models will be shown at the 2009 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), to be held in Detroit from January 11 through January 25, 2009.