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United States: Duke Seeks China Partnerships in U.S., South America.


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Duke Energy Corp., the owner of utilities in the U.S. Southeast and Midwest, is in talks with Chinese companies Chinese owned companies can be defined as enterprises within mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and the Republic of China (Taiwan):
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  • List of companies in Hong Kong
  • List of companies in Macau
 on U.S. power investments and plans to pursue joint projects with Asian partners in South America.

Duke, which is building a hydroelectric plant in Brazil and expanding its power output in Peru, would like to have more assets in those countries, Chief Executive Officer Jim Rogers said yesterday in an interview in Hollywood, Florida. Chinese partners would allow the Charlotte, North Carolina-based company to carry large projects, he said.

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 partners to expand our Latin operations faster, Rogers said. Over time, we would like to partner with Chinese energy companies in investments in the U.S. as well as South America.

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 Group agreed last month to jointly develop solar-power projects in the U.S. Rogers declined to identify the Chinese companies with which Duke is in talks on other U.S. projects.

Additional investments in Latin America would enable Duke to keep international operations as the source of about 10 percent of annual earnings before interest and taxes In financial and business accounting, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) is a measure of a firm's profitability that excludes interest and income tax expenses.[1]

EBIT = Operating Revenue – Operating Expenses + Non-operating Income
, Rogers said.

I see additional investments in natural gas there, particularly in Brazil, Rogers said. We think Brazil is a good place to do business, as well as Peru.

Duke fell 4 cents to $15.78 in New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

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 composite trading. The stock has dropped 5.1 percent this year.

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