Danny Fortson: June 5 2016, 12:01am, The Sunday Times
Shell could show fresh signs of financial strain from its takeover of rival BG this week as it lays out plans for deeper cost-cuts and a potential delay in the mammoth asset sale launched by the oil giant to help pay for the £35bn deal.
Chief executive Ben van Beurden is under increasing pressure to justify the blockbuster acquisition, which he pulled off despite the plunging oil price.
Crude closed on Friday at $49 a barrel, less than half its 2014 high.
The company revealed this month that profits for the first three months of the year — the first period…
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