Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,294.50	-12.67	-0.08%
S&P 500	1,650.51	-4.84	-0.29%
Nasdaq	3,459.42	-3.88	-0.11%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,294.50

-12.67

-0.08%

S&P 500

1,650.51

-4.84

-0.29%

Nasdaq

3,459.42

-3.88

-0.11%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,776.78	-58.23	-2.05%
FTSE 100	6,696.79	-143.48	-2.10%
DAX	8,351.98	-178.91	-2.10%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,776.78

-58.23

-2.05%

FTSE 100

6,696.79

-143.48

-2.10%

DAX

8,351.98

-178.91

-2.10%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,644.70	+160.73	1.11%
Hang Seng	22,624.20	-45.47	-0.20%
S&P/ASX 200	4,958.90	-103.55	-2.05%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,644.70

+160.73

1.11%

Hang Seng

22,624.20

-45.47

-0.20%

S&P/ASX 200

4,958.90

-103.55

-2.05%

Cosmo Oil, Showa Shell to Form Venture to Operate Solar Plants

By Chisaki Watanabe - 2013-01-16T07:32:29Z

Cosmo Oil Co. (5007), Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (5002) and Development Bank of Japan Inc. agreed to form a venture to build and operate solar power plants in Japan.

The companies plan to construct eight solar stations with a total capacity of 26 megawatts, they said in a statement today. The sites for the power plants will mostly be former Cosmo Oil depots.

Solar Frontier K.K., a unit of Showa Shell, will provide solar panels for the projects, according to the statement.

Showa Shell and DBJ announced on Jan. 10 that they will set up a venture to finance utility-scale solar power plants in Japan.

To contact the reporter on this story: Chisaki Watanabe in Tokyo at cwatanabe5@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Reed Landberg at landberg@bloomberg.net

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