The deepening toll from the global financial crisis could trigger the failure of a large US bank within months, a respected former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund claimed today
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Credit crunch may take out large US bank warns former IMF chief
Shell to Give Jobbers More Time
Jobbers across the country received the bi-annual letter on June 30, warning that those who do not meet minimal requirements could face an uncertain future.
Irish Environment department turns on Shell
SHELL was yesterday criticised by the Department of the Environment (DoE) for providing deficient and inadequate information in the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) it submitted to An Bord Pleanála for the new onshore Corrib pipeline route.
Will Shell’s intergalactic experiment pay off?
ARCHIVE ARTICLE: Hang on! I've got a new idea... ...said Don Marketing when the agency sold Shell its idea for the Star Trek promotion, neatly persuading the oil giant to abandon its catalogue scheme promotions. Case study by Anne-Marie Crawford
Been Riding the Russian Boom? Its Time to Cash In Your Chips
Royal Dutch Shell was pressured last year into selling local investments at a bargain price to Russian interests.
Crude oil falls below $113 as demand growth eases
Royal Dutch Shell PLC said it evacuated 425 workers from the region as a precaution but said it will redeploy them if the storm remains on its current track.
Is Russia Becoming an Investment Gulag?
Late in 2006, another of Europe's Big Oil contingent,Royal Dutch Shell was pushed into selling its assets on remote Sakhalin Island to Gazprom at a below-market price.
Minister Blames Environmentalists for Shell’s Decision Not to Drill
Neufeld believes environmentalists forced Shell Canada's decision to suspend plans for exploratory drilling in the so-called "Sacred Headwaters'' of the of the Skeena, Nass and Stikine Rivers.??
Russia vows to crush attacks on citizens as pull-out dispute grows
Oil exports by rail from Azerbaijan have also been suspended, according to oil company BP...
BPs staff plan goes against the flow
The decision by BP to scrap the practice goes against the flow in recent years, during which many companies have adopted more flexible working hours.
BP to do away with nine-day fortnight
BP's decision to abolish the nine-day fortnight forms part of a wider effort to trim expenditure at BP.
Resources giants must merge argues BHP chief Marius Kloppers
There have long been rumours linking Shell with a possible bid for BP or British Gas. ExxonMobil is also thought to have looked at BP.
Shell moves deepwater spar into place
Shell moves deepwater spar into place
Former Shell exec: Politics hurts search for energy solutions
Politics and energy go hand in hand, but often to the detriment of Americans who want solutions and get only "partisan paralysis," former Shell Oil Co. President John Hofmeister said today.