The Sunday Times
Our share tips for 2010
Sunday Times staff pick the shares that they believe will do well in a year in which the economy starts to grow again
Kate Walsh ROYAL DUTCH SHELL Shell weathered the swings in the oil price in 2009 a year when it went from below $40 a barrel to almost $80 remarkably well. Its shares ended the year in positive territory, but with a gain of only 3.8% there is much room for recovery. Analysts say energy prices will continue to rise in 2010 helped by stronger demand from emerging markets and they believe Shell will benefit.
The companys balance sheet starts the year on a good footing. Shell slashed operating costs by $700m in the first half of last year and has said it will cut capital spending in 2010 to $28 billion, from an estimated $31 billion in 2009.
Peter Voser, the chief executive who took over in July, has launched a huge restructuring, which includes substantial staff cuts. The companys shares have a 5.8% dividend yield that provides a good support for the price.
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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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