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LNG, a White House darling for promoting energy jobs

  Bloomberg The White House has a new darling in the energy sector: liquefied natural gas. First Gary Cohn — President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser — voiced support for a terminal in the US Northwest that would send tankers full of LNG to Asia. Then, Energy Secretary Rick Perry praised an export terminal proposed by Exxon Mobil Corp. and ...

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Exxon Corp slows quarterly dividend growth in 2 years

  Bloomberg Exxon Mobil Corp. has boosted it’s dividend every April for at least a decade, delivering more than $98 billion directly to shareholders. This year, the payout will likely rise again. The open question is by how much. Exxon slowed quarterly dividend growth the last two years as the industry fought through the worst price rout in a generation. ...

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S Korea shipyards signal more orders as earnings improve

  Bloomberg The world’s two biggest shipbuilders reported profit and issued an improved outlook, indicating South Korea’s shipyards may finally be emerging from two years of restructuring. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., which averted a payment crisis this month after bondholders agreed to a debt revamp, said it is set to deliver more than 30 liquefied natural gas carriers ...

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