VENTURE CAPITAL POST

The Mitsubishi Motors Corporation announced on Thursday that a joint news conference together with Nissan Motor Co. will happen with Mitsubishi Chairman and President Osamu Masuko and Nissan Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn on the side.

U.S. exports of ultra-light crude, also known as condensate, have doubled since the start of the year, with most shipments headed to Europe, according to traders familiar with the deals and data from an energy consultant.

Brent crude oil steadied above $60 a barrel on Wednesday after Saudi Arabia's oil minister said he expected the oil market to balance itself.

Japanese convenience store operator Lawson Inc said on Tuesday that it would buy upscale supermarket chain Seijo Ishii Co for about 55 billion yen ($503 million), including debt, from investment fund Marunouchi Capital.

Asia's richest man, Li Ka-shing, aims to buy his way into the global aircraft leasing business as his flagship investment firm holds talks with lessors on building a portfolio of planes, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Makati, Philippines-based real estate investment firm Ayala Land Inc (ALI) bought out the 40% holding of Tokyo, Japan-based trading giant Mitsubishi Corp in Philippine Integrated Energy Solutions Inc (PhilEnergy) for an undisclosed amount.

Mitsubishi Motors Corp., which was bailed out by other Mitsubishi companies almost a decade ago, seeks to raise up to ¥241.6 billion ($2.3 billion) in a share sale. The said proceeds will enable it to resume dividend payments for the first time in more than 15 years.

Japan Australia LNG Pty, the venture formed by Japanese firms Mitsubishi Corp and Mitsui & Co, will not proceed with a prior deal to buy liquefied natural gas from Woodside Petroleum Ltd's Browse venture.

Philippine conglomerate Ayala Corp has bought 140 million common shares of Mitsubishi Corp's equity in Manila Water Company Inc for PHP2.8 billion, according to an emailed statement.

The partnership of Mitsubishi Electric, Mitsubishi Corp and Mitsubishi Heavy with Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) would lead to the building of integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) stations in Fukushima.

The consortium running the Cameron LNG Project has lined up loan financing for the capitalization needed for the project.

The Energy Opportunity Fund LP is managed by Mitsubishi backed Alternative Investment Capital Ltd.

Japanese firm Mitsubishi plans to buy a majority stake from the Brazilian grain company, Los Grobo Ceagro.