Cheniere votes to replace CEO Souki, appoints Shear as interim head

Cheniere Energy Inc said on Sunday it would replace Chief Executive Charif Souki months after activist investor Carl Icahn took a big stake in the company as it prepared to become the first exporter of natural gas from the United States. The board decided on the change over the weekend at a meeting where directors reevaluated Souki's plans of building the company beyond exporting liquefied natural gas, the Wall Street Journal reported. Souki will be replaced by board director Neal Shear on an in