JANUARY 2004 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL NEWS
Wednesday, January 7, 2004
Friday, January 9, 2004
BBC News: Shell shares dive as reserves cut
FT: Shell makes shock cut in oil reserves estimateREUTERS BOND NEWS UPDATE: Moody’s, S&P say may cut Shell ratings
Canadian Press NATIONAL POST: Royal Dutch/Shell scales back proved reserves;
Business – Reuters: Major Oil Stocks Fall on Shell RevisionBusiness – Reuters: Shell Cuts Reserves Estimate, Shares Fall
UK- AFP: Shell restates proved oil reserves, shares slide
Dow Jones Business News: Royal Dutch/Shell Trims Proved Oil, Gas Reserves
Citywire Financial Publishers: Shell cracks after reserve cut
Saturday, January 10, 2004
The Times: How Shell blew a hole in a 100-year reputation
The Times (LONDON): Shell shock for investor confidence
Daily Telegraph: Shell drops ‘bombshell’ on reserves
Daily Telegraph: All Shell proves is that others do it so much better
The Washington Post: Cold Weather, Weakening Dollar Push Crude Oil Prices Higher
THE SCOTSMAN: Market stumbles on Shell reserves news
THE SCOTSMAN: Shell’s massive miscalculation fuels fires of shareholder scorn
The Guardian: Sir Philip ducks out as Shell cuts its reserves
The Scotsman: wipes 7.5% off shares
The Independent: Reserves shock wipes £8bn from value of oil giant Shell
The Guardian: Another sign of unreliable times …
London Evening Standard: Reserves shock hammers Shell
Bloomberg News: Shell cuts estimate of oil reserves
Financial Times: Shell hit by move on reserves
Sunday, January 11, 2004
The Sunday Times: Ultimatum for Shell chief after oil reserves bombshell
The Sunday Times: Shareholders can no longer be sure of Shell
The Sunday Times: A broken Shell
The Observer: Pressure grows on Shell chairman to quit
FT.Com: Shell reserves shock analysts
Monday, January 12, 2004
The Australian: Shell chief faces the axe
Daily Mail: Heat is on Watts after Shell shock
The West Australian: Investors howl for Shell’s blood
London Evening Standard: Shell pledges faith in Gorgon
The Times: Investors demand changes at Shell
The Guardian: Shell debacle leads to call for outside audits
Sydney Morning Herald: Shell rubs out 4bn barrels
Financial Times: Life of Shell reserves cut by 3 years
Financial Times: Call for oil giants to detail fields
Tuesday 13 January, 2004
The Independent: Philip Watts to quit early as chairman of Shell
Daily Mail: Shell hopes to calm troubled waters
Houston Chronicle: Feds’ stance spurs Shell’s decision on reserves
Wednesday 14 January, 2004
Financial Times: Shell board set to back chairman
Financial Times: Shell’s man who wasn’t there
Thursday 15 January, 2004
Friday 16 January, 2004
Evening Standard: The malaise afflicting Shell
Daily Telegraph: Investors in Shell seek shake-up of structure
Saturday 17 January, 2004
Financial Times: Shell chief explains absence
Calgary Herald: Shell’s pain is ASC’s gain
Sunday 18 January, 2004
The Sunday Telegraph: Shell investors reject Watts’ explanation
The Sunday Telegraph: When will Watts come out of his shell?
The Observer: Shareholders want to know where Shell’s reserves went
The Observer: First get rid of Watts, say Shell investors
Monday 19 January, 2004
The Daily Telegraph: Shell shareholders demand change after bombshell
Financial Times: Shell suffers another blow to its pride
London Evening Standard: Cairn oil find blow for Shell boss
Tuesday 20 January, 2004
Houston Chronicle: Shell’s strategy led firm into decline, brokers say
Houston Chronicle: Chairman defends action on reserves
Financial Times: Shell shocked as reject field strikes it rich
The Times: Red faces at Shell as Cairn hits black gold
The Guardian: Cairn strikes it rich on land Shell sold
London Evening Standard: Shell shock spurs City meeting
Thursday 22 January, 2004
New York Times: Shell Lowers Estimate, and Investors Ask Why
Reuters: Shell boss drops out of Davos economic forum
Daily Mail: Rumours of Watts departure lifts Shell
Friday 23 January, 2004
Daily Mail: Rebels demand shake-up at Shell
Sunday 25 January, 2004
The Sunday Times: Shell needs much more than a PR offensive
Monday 26 January, 2004
Milberg Weiss Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Royal Dutch Petroleum Company
Tuesday 27 January, 2004
The Daily Telegraph: US class action cites Shell chief
The Scotsman Shell hit with US lawsuit for ‘rule breaking’
BBC News: Shell facing $1bn US lawsuit
Times Online: American class action lawyers take on Shell
Financial Times: US lawsuit puts more pressure on Shell chief
The Guardian: Shell hit by US legal action
The Independent: US investors launch legal action against Shell over reserves
Wednesday 28 January, 2004
The Scotsman: Shell set to try and ride out oil reserves storm
Thursday 29 January, 2004
The Economist: This time sorry may not be enough
Houston Chronicle: Shell chairman says he won’t quit
Evening Standard: Shell’s hard case
Saturday 31 January, 2004
Houston Chronicle: Tough day awaiting Shell chief
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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