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Nigeria: Shell recruits 4,000 to protect oil pipelines (Royal Dutch Shell plc .com)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:00:07 GMT

Idoko said the newly-recruited people would not carry arms, perhaps in a move to avoid confrontation between them and the militants.

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Axis Bank to open 210 branches in 2008-09 (Timpu)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:23:01 GMT

Kochi, Jul 5: The UTI-promoted Axis Bank is set to expand its network opening 210 new branches in 2008-09, rising the total number to over 900 all over the country, Axis Bank South Zone President C P Rangarajan said today. Click Here To Read the Full Post

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Pipeline Vandals Threaten Energy, Says Oil Firm (All Africa)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:37:32 GMT

The state of emergency which President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua is planning to declare in the power sector may not bring about the desired result except the Federal Government finds a lasting solution to the spate of gas pipelines vandalisation in the Niger Delta.

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Nigeria: Shell recruits 4,000 to protect oil pipelines (Afriquenligne)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:19:31 GMT

Nigeria's subsidiary of oil major Shell has recruit 4,000 people to help protect its network of oil pipelines in the country's oil producing Niger Delta region, company officials said.

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Nigeria: Pipeline Vandalisation May Derail Power Emergency, Says Shell (Royal Dutch Shell plc .com)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:34:11 GMT

The state of emergency which President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is planning to declare in the power sector may not bring about the desired result except the Federal Government finds a lasting solution to the spate of gas pipelines vandalisation in the Niger Delta.

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Origin Energy rejects £13bn bid from BG Group (Royal Dutch Shell plc .com)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:37:34 GMT

Kevin McCann, Origin's chairman, said that the Petronas partnership with Santos and Shell's decision to invest in Australian coal seam gas had set a new valuation benchmark.

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Christina Patterson: There's more to life than irony... (The Independent)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:00:01 GMT

"Cultures," said an academic called Professor Ellis Cashmore on Radio 4 this week, "are no better or worse than each other." Indeed. Cultures, for example, which offer a tasty smorgasbord of rabbits, beans and humans to whet the appetites of angry gods; cultures in which children who emerge from birth looking a little puny are left on hillsides to die; cultures which mark the emergence of a human...

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BG ponders fresh bid for Origin after £6.7bn offer is rejected (The Independent)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:00:01 GMT

BG Group said yesterday that it had not ruled out raising its A$13.8bn (£6.7bn) offer for Origin Energy as the Australian natural resources group formally rejected its hostile bid.

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Energy firm urges rejection of hostile takeover (icWales)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

AUSTRALIA’S Origin Energy has urged shareholders to reject BG Group’s £6.7bn hostile takeover.

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Origin Energy rejects £13bn bid from BG Group (Times Online)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:18:19 GMT

Origin Energy rejected a $13 billion ($£6.55 billion) bid from BG Group yesterday, urging its shareholders to hold out for better value for the Australian company's coal seam gas resource.

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VegasLand Video: What To Do On July 4 Weekend [VIDEO] (Vegas File)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:52:47 GMT

If you’re wondering what to do this weekend, you can start by watching me, Carol Cling, Mike Weatherford and Jason Bracelin dissect this week’s upcoming events. The video is right here. Source: www.lvrj.com

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PGS 2008 Second Quarter Results, Webcast and Conference Call Contact Details (EuroInvestor.co.uk)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:04:42 GMT

July 4, 2008: OSLO, NORWAY, Petroleum Geo-Services ASA ("PGS" or the Company) (OSE: PGS) will as previously announced release its 2008 second quarter financial results on Friday, July 25, 2008 at ap.. - Read more

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Origin urges BG to try a bit harder (The Australian )

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:00:00 GMT

ORIGIN Energy, brushing off British predator BG Group's $13.8 billion bid as undervalued, has called on the gas giant to increase its offer if it wants access to the company's Queensland coal seam methane reserves.

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Norsk Hydro to make staff cuts at car parts plant (Reuters UK)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:42:25 GMT

OSLO, July 4 (Reuters) - Norwegian aluminium group Norsk Hydro said on Friday that production at its Raufoss car parts plant will be about 15 percent lower in the second half of 2008 compared with the first, and that it will make staff cuts.

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Marshalling the troops (Business Spectator)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:52:54 GMT

Origin Energy is bunkering down for a ding-dong battle with hostile bidder BG Group, and Babcock is an early beneficiary. 4 Jul 2008 5:02 PM

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Australia's Origin scorns BG bid (BBC News)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:46:05 GMT

Australia's Origin urges shareholders to reject a 13.8bn Australian dollar takeover bid from UK rival BG Group.

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Australia’s Origin scorns BG bid (ziomal.biz)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:46:05 GMT

Australia's Origin urges shareholders to reject a 13.8bn Australian dollar takeover bid from UK rival BG Group.

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parallel pipelines (Pig Sty Avenue)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:00 GMT

One leader learned to pucker up, the other didn't. The first is still in his palatial tent, the other took the long drop for the benefit of phonecams. His country, meanwhile was beaten unconscious and gang banged . His contemporary's own oil rich country has escaped such brutal treatment, but it's still going to get fucked, consenting or not. There are no police to call, so you leave quietly, embarrassed...

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Australia's Origin Energy rejects Britain's BG Group's $13 billion takeover bid (Star Tribune)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:05:12 GMT

"It is the board's belief that accelerating the monetization of Origin's CSG reserves through a formal process of inviting proposals from suitable qualified and experienced parties will enable Origin to test the value of its CSG assets through a competitive process," McCann said in the statement.

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Australia's Origin Energy rejects BG's $13B bid (San Fransisco Chronicle)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:05:06 GMT

Origin Energy Ltd., Australia's second largest power retailer, rejected a $13 billion takeover bid Friday from British natural gas producer BG Group. BG Group last month launched a hostile bid of 15.50 Australian dollars per Origin share, almost four weeks...

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