Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s biggest oil company, said fourth-quarter profit climbed 60 percent, boosted by crude prices that approached $100 a barrel and countered lower production and earnings from refining.

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Shell Profit Misses Estimates on Falling Production (Update6)
Bloomberg -2 hours ago
In Russia, Shell suffered a setback at the hands of OAO Gazprom when the state-run company in 2007 completed its purchase of a majority stake in the

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Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s biggest oil company, posted fourth-quarter earnings that missed analysts’ estimates for the first time in two years as a decline in production overshadowed record oil prices.

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MOSCOW, January 31 (RIA Novosti) - Russia’s investment index will open Thursday at 815.45 points, down 1.45% following Wednesday evening’s sessions on major world trading floors.

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Shell Net Income Rises 60 Percent on High Oil Prices (Update3)
Bloomberg -1 hour ago
In Russia, Shell suffered a setback at the hands of OAO Gazprom when the state-run company in 2007 completed its purchase of a majority stake in the

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Jan. 31 (Bloomberg) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Europe’s biggest oil company, said fourth-quarter profit climbed 60 percent, boosted by crude prices that approached $100 a barrel and countered lower production and earnings from refining.

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Dentist Leading Turkmenistan Solicits Foreigners for Gas, Oil
Bloomberg -1 hour ago
In Russia, Shell and Japanese partners Mitsubishi Corp. and Mitsui & Co. agreed in December 2006 to sell OAO Gazprom half of their stakes in the Sakhalin-2

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On the evening of Jan. 24, 43 heavily armed Russian Interior Ministry (MVD) storm troopers dressed in black suddenly jumped out of vehicles in the center of Moscow and apprehended 47-year-old Vladimir Nekrasov, the owner of Russia’s second-largest perfume retailer “Arbat Prestige.”

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Why Russia arrested Mogilevich
Kyiv Post, Ukraine -1 hour ago
Gazprom, the 50 percent owner of RUE, was in the process of seeking to list on the New York Stock Exchange and knew from its advisors and lawyers that in

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Gazprom - New Russian Weapon
Kommersant, Russia -14 minutes ago
Astoria became a joint-stock company in October 1995 when Vladimir Putin was working at the St. Petersburg city hall. However, Miller had to sack Krasnenkov

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