Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:22am EST
TOKYO, Dec 21 (Reuters) – Japanese refiner Showa Shell Sekiyu KK (5002.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and trading company Sumitomo Corp (8053.T: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday they would merge liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) businesses in April to remain competitive in the declining market.
The two firms will consolidate domestic retail and some wholesale businesses under a new holding company, which will be owned 51 percent by Showa Shell and the rest by Sumitomo.
Import functions will be consolidated at Showa Shell, while Sumitomo will continue its trading and will supply LPG to Showa Shell.
Last year, refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co (5019.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and Mitsubishi Corp (8058.T: Quote, Profile, Research) formed Astomos Energy Corp, the biggest LPG wholesaler in Japan. Trading firms Mitsui & Co (8031.T: Quote, Profile, Research) and Marubeni Corp (8002.T: Quote, Profile, Research) said in June they would form a holding company in April next year. (Reporting by Yuko Inoue; Editing by Malcolm Whittaker)
http://www.reuters.com/article/mergersNews/idUST3093420071221
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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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