From INDUSTRIALS 5:21pm

Building blocks to cut output costs

Modular strategy used to create brands from common components

12:26pm

Adani bullish on India energy prospects

Industrialist says deal on power prices close to being struck

BP Full Year Earnings Press Conference...Tony Hayward, chief executive officer of BP Plc., pauses during the company's press conference to announce their full year results in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. BP Plc, Europe's biggest oil company, expects the recovery from last year's recession to be "slow and gradual" as fourth-quarter earnings missed analyst estimates. Photographer: ©Bloomberg Week in Review from MINING May 17, 2013

Week in review, May 18

Hayward likes life ‘on the edge’

May 17, 2013

US energy revolution gathers pace

Obama approves wider LNG exports as door opens to Japan and EU

Inside London from MARKETS May 17, 2013

Gearing and gaming of water must stop

It is time for the customer to benefit, not private equity buyers

A logo is displayed at the State Grid vehicle battery recharging and exchange station in Beijing ©AFP May 17, 2013

China’s State Grid in fresh Australia deal

Utility group pays A$824m for stake in SP AusNet

Electricity pylons and wires crossing Suffolk countryside ©Alamy May 16, 2013

National Grid says dividends safeguarded

Company strikes long-term deals with US and UK watchdogs

May 16, 2013

US states look to cut greenhouse gases

Northeastern scheme for trading carbon held up as a model

Electricity pylons and wires crossing Suffolk countryside ©Alamy From LEX May 16, 2013

National Grid: reassuringly predictable

UK power and gas transmission group may finally have all its constituents on side

May 15, 2013

Ofwat chief in unexpected exit

Move follows revolt by water companies

May 15, 2013

US utilities’ outperformance fades away

After strong start to the year, groups shed 4% in May

From LEX May 15, 2013

Severn Trent: in the works

A takeover of the UK water utility would be do-able but expensive

May 15, 2013

Severn Trent rejects offer from consortium

FTSE 100 water provider says proposal undervalues company

From SPECIAL REPORTS May 15, 2013

Brazil: Wind gathers force in mix of renewable sources

Joe Leahy reports on a country striving to keep up with middle class demand

Lombard May 14, 2013

Lombard: Irresistible tide for overseas control

Irresistible tide for overseas control

May 14, 2013

Water watchdog thirsts for better customer deals

Operators are being warned not to put investors before consumers

From UK May 14, 2013

CBI chief urges resolution of power needs

Policy uncertainty must be tackled, says CBI chief Carr

May 14, 2013

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert raises €1bn from GDF Suez stake sale

Investment company to use funds to seek new opportunities

From MARKETS May 14, 2013

Utilities lifted by Severn Trent approach

Resource stocks knocked by profit-taking

May 13, 2013

Centrica pledges to limit price rises

Group to use winter windfall to control prices

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