• Total, Shell, Eni to End Iran Investments, U.S. Says

    Updated: 2010-09-30 20:33:02
    , , , . Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library Total , Shell , Eni to End Iran Investments , U.S . Says Sep 30th , 2010 by John Donovan By Flavia Krause-Jackson and Ali Sheikholeslami Sep 30, 2010 6:30 PM GMT+0100 Total SA of France , Statoil ASA of Norway , Italy’s Eni SpA and the Netherlands’ Royal Dutch Shell Plc have pledged to end their investments in Iran’s energy sector , U.S . Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg . said Steinberg said the pledge means the companies are eligible” to avoid U.S . sanctions . These companies have provided assurances they will stop or are taking significant verifiable steps to stop their activity in Iran and have provided assurances not

  • Shell to Spend $40 Billion in Americas, Boost Output

    Updated: 2010-09-30 20:33:02
    , Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library Shell to Spend 40 Billion in Americas , Boost Output Sep 30th , 2010 by John Donovan By Eduard Gismatullin Sep 29, 2010 10 Royal Dutch Shell Plc Europe’s biggest oil company , plans to invest about 40 billion in the Americas through 2014 to boost production by 40 . percent Shell’s oil and gas output in the region may reach 1 million barrels of oil equivalent a day in the period , The Hague-based company said in a . statement Operations in the Americas have the potential to generate over 10 billion in cash flow in 2012, Simon Henry the chief financial officer at Shell , said in a video interview posted on the Internet . It’s a very good

  • BizKnowledge Watch The World’s Most Attractive Employers 2010

    Updated: 2010-09-30 12:32:44
    About Home BizKnowledge Watch IESE Library Blog Sep 30 2010 The World’s Most Attractive Employers 2010 CC Steve Rhodes Flickr Google has managed to hold on to the top position in this year’s edition of The World’s Most Attractive Employers , published by Universum . It also appears that 2010 has so far been a particularly good year for the auditing industry , given that the big 4 auditors KPMG , Ernst Young , PricewaterhouseCoopers and Deloitte now occupy four of the ranking’s top five . places The ranking is based on close to 130,000 career seekers , with a business or engineering background . Universum develops its global index by asking students pursuing business and engineering degrees to identify ideal” . employers To consult the full ranking visit Universum’s website Share and :

  • Universum Group Global Top 50

    Updated: 2010-09-30 12:32:23
    Download Contact Sitemap : Search Employer Branding Universum IDEAL™ Employer Rankings Global Top 50 The American MBA Survey The European MBA Survey Student Surveys The Pan-European Student Survey Professional Surveys Archive Journal For Employers For Talent For Universities Newsroom Career The World's Most Attractive Employers 2010 Universum , the employer branding , company presents the world's Top 50 most attractive employers . From the world's leading economies , nearly 130,000 students at top academic institutions chose their ideal companies to work . for This is the first global index of employer attractiveness and highlights the world's most powerful employer brands , those companies that excel in talent attraction and retention . The global rankings are based on the employer

  • Digg Submit a link

    Updated: 2010-09-30 12:31:52
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  • Regal Falls to Record on Greer Exit, Ukraine Gas Flow Failure

    Updated: 2010-09-30 12:31:39
    , Royal Dutch Shell plc com News and information on Royal Dutch Shell . Plc Skip to Content Home Contact Us Contributors Mission Shell Blog Shell Library Regal Falls to Record on Greer Exit , Ukraine Gas Flow Failure Sep 30th , 2010 by John Donovan By Eduard Gismatullin Sep 30, 2010 Regal Petroleum Plc the U.K . explorer focusing on natural-gas projects in Ukraine , fell to the lowest share price on record after Chief Executive Officer David Greer quit and as gas wells failed to stabilize . output Regal dropped as much as 31 percent to 18.25 pence in London trading , the lowest price since Sept . 27, 2002. The stock was at 21 pence at 10:03 a.m . local time , valuing the company at 66.86 million pounds 106 million The shares have fallen about 80 percent in the last . year Keith Henry

  • “Deep-water drilling will continue because that’s where the oil is..”

    Updated: 2010-09-30 12:31:35
    The Washington Post this morning asks a fundamental question that has been played out in countless meetings of oil companies, government officials and environmental NGOs: “Will the oil spill make a drop of difference regarding our attitudes?” Some five months later, was the spill a game changer like ...

  • Poppy Trade Down 50%

    Updated: 2010-09-30 00:32:57
    Afghan officials are claiming that culitvation of poppy seeds has decline about 50% in the last six months. Furthermore they claim that over 20 tons of narcotics and chemicals have been seized. He also said that police had seized a large amount of drugs in Herat and Kunduz provinces last week. “We had a big [...]

  • Eight Iranian Officials Sanctioned for Human Rights Abuses

    Updated: 2010-09-29 22:32:09
    The Obama Administration has hit eight high-level Iranian officials with sanctions for human rights abuses during the summer 2009 uprising. Bravo! It really appears as if the Obama Administration is coming to understand the value of supporting the Iranian people and focusing on human rights. Unfortunately, it appears the goal is still to pressure the [...]

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  • King-size platform to rise in Gulf

    Updated: 2010-09-29 12:28:08
    "The outlook for deep water remains positive, despite the current drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico," the Dutch oil giant said in a prepared statement.

  • Nexen, Shell primed for deepwater drilling

    Updated: 2010-09-29 12:28:07
    Calgary-based Nexen Inc. and its partner Royal Dutch Shell PLC are trumpeting a major oil find in the Gulf of Mexico, a discovery that will serve as a test of feared regulatory gridlock in the prolific oil-producing region.

  • Shell plans rapid North American growth

    Updated: 2010-09-29 12:28:06
    Calgary-based Nexen Inc. and its partner Royal Dutch Shell PLC are trumpeting a major oil find in the Gulf of Mexico, a discovery that will serve as a test of feared regulatory gridlock in the prolific oil-producing region.

  • Oil firms reap benefit of Iran’s build-up of crude stocks

    Updated: 2010-09-29 12:28:05
    In the two months before the UN voted through its fourth set of sanctions, on 9 June, affecting finance, insurance and shipping sectors, Shell's trading company, Satsco, spent at least $778m on Iranian crude, according to documents seen by the Guardian.

  • Shell Approves Investment in Mars B Gulf of Mexico Oil Platform

    Updated: 2010-09-29 12:28:04
    In the two months before the UN voted through its fourth set of sanctions, on 9 June, affecting finance, insurance and shipping sectors, Shell's trading company, Satsco, spent at least $778m on Iranian crude, according to documents seen by the Guardian.

  • Shell to Increase North American Output by 40 Percent

    Updated: 2010-09-29 12:27:54
    BP might be America’s bette noir right now after the Deepwater Horizon spill, but its fierce rival Shell is planning a massive expansion in the region. Shell plans to expand its operations in tar sands and in deepwater in the Gulf of Mexico. So never mind the repeated calls ...

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    Updated: 2010-09-29 03:03:21
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  • Ten Qaeda Leaders Nabbed in Iraq

    Updated: 2010-09-29 02:55:22
    Al Qaeda in Iraq has not had a particularly easy time in the last two years. The increasing capabilities of the Iraqi Security Forces show that al Qaeda is in deep trouble even as American forces are leaving the country. This news shows how bad things have gotten for them: “The QRD forces managed on [...]

  • Greenwashing Mordor

    Updated: 2010-09-28 15:23:20
    So Mordor is getting a makeover. Big-time. There is a concerted, multi-faceted public relations campaign going on to greenwash the tar sands. Dirty black is trying to become virgin white, or so that’s what they want. According to three Albertan cabinet ministers, the tar sands are a "Canadian jewel" that ...

  • Why the Gulf Spill and Offshore Drilling Ban Has Big Oil Cheering

    Updated: 2010-09-28 15:10:20
    ConocoPhillips sees opportunity to snap up oil and gas assets on the cheap in the Gulf of Mexico. But they're not alone.

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  • Why Bob Has to be Wary of the “Bunker”

    Updated: 2010-09-27 15:20:20
    When Bob Dudley takes over the reins at BP on Friday he will face a daunting task and a bulging in-tray. He will be aware that his new job is a personal poisoned chalice, having effectively destroyed the careers of three of his predecessors: Tony Hayward, John Browne and ...

  • Main Streets Across the World 2010 Real estate research

    Updated: 2010-09-27 07:19:38
    : Search SITE PEOPLE Services KC_EN Inside Our Firm Global Locations News Events Property Listing Careers Global Select a country city Asia Pacific Canada Europe Mexico Middle East Africa South America United States Change Region Cushman Wakefield Knowledge Center Global Research Reports Main Streets Across the World 2010 Main Streets Across the World 2010 Email A Friend Download Report Main Streets Across the World provides a global barometer of the retail sector , tracking rents in the world’s top 269 shopping locations across 59 countries . The league table is drawn up by taking the most expensive location in each of the countries monitored . Most of the world’s top retail locations have remained resilient during the last twelve months , with Latin Americaand Asia-Pacific showing the

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  • “Brazil is the future for the oil industry”..

    Updated: 2010-09-24 14:28:50
    Are investors put off by the risks of ultra deepwater drilling after the Deepwater Horizon disaster? If the frenzy down in Brazil is anything to go by – the answer is a staggering no. Brazil’s national oil company, Petrobras, has just raised a whopping $70bn in the biggest share issue in corporate ...

  • Russia Leads Arctic Oil Race

    Updated: 2010-09-24 06:27:49
    Three years after Russian divers thrust a rust-proof flag into the seabed below the North Pole, the country’s Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, will attend the Arctic Forum in Moscow today. Putin wants to stake Russia’s claim in the increasingly frantic battle for control of the Arctic's resources. Ironically the more ...

  • Universal energy access stressed at UN

    Updated: 2010-09-22 23:53:18
    Yesterday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the importance of making energy available to the poor as a foundation for combating poverty as world leaders gathered in New York this week at the Millennium Development Goal Summit. At a high-level event yesterday, the Secretary General said that it is lack of political ...

  • Court rules companies can’t be sued under Alien Tort

    Updated: 2010-09-22 15:51:09
    This is bad news, which could have serious ramifications for holding companies legally accountable in the US for their operations abroad. And it has virtually received no press attention at all. Last Friday the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a suit brought by the Ogoni, who alleged that ...

  • BP Will Survive, But What About the Others?

    Updated: 2010-09-21 23:47:52
    It is not rocket science that fickle City investors responded to the news of BP’s final plugging of the Macondo well by sending the company's share price rising. BP's share price rose by just under 2 per cent  to $38.68, helping to recover a small portion of the ...

  • “Dead Well” is a Just a Bump in the Road

    Updated: 2010-09-20 11:52:15
    So finally the well is dead. After 153 days, 5 million barrels spilt and a $10 billion bill so far, BP’s well is officially sealed. Although no crude has leaked from the well since BP capped it on July 15, the only way to permanently seal it was a bottom kill ...

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