A Mars-Wrigley Merger
Wall Street Journal -1 hour ago
Gazprom, perhaps with an eye on a major customer region that isn't too comfortable relying on Russia for so much of its energy, seems set on recruiting

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RUXX investment index set to open 0.88% up
RIA Novosti, Russia -2 hours ago
The index lists Tatneft (LSE), MTS (NYSE), Rostelecom (NYSE, LSE), VimpelCom (NYSE), Wimm-Bill-Dann (NYSE), Mechel (NYSE), Gazprom (LSE), LUKoil (LSE),

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Exxon, Shell, BP Profit to Climb on $100 Oil; Refining Slumps
Bloomberg -39 minutes ago
Shares of all three fell as the rise in crude squeezed refining profits by outpacing gains in gasoline and as they faced rising competition from OAO Gazprom

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Co-Owners of TNK-BP Denied the
Kommersant, Russia -Apr 24, 2008
Vedomosti newspaper wrote Thursday about Gazprom’s plans to consolidate the majority ownership in TNK-BP by the end of this year, specifying that the deal
BP Russian owners rush to deny sell-out plansguardian.co.uk
Paper: Gazprom set to buy TNK-BP for $20 bln by year end – extendedBudapest Business Journal
Gazprom to buy control of TNK-BP for $20 billion: reportU.S. Daily
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UPDATE 1-Market Chatter — Corporate finance press digest
Reuters -Apr 24, 2008
Russia's gas export monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM: Quote, Profile, Research) will buy majority control of oil major TNK-BP TNBPI.MM, which is half owned by BP

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Bulls & Bears
Calgary Herald,  Canada -3 hours ago
But with its $311-billion US market cap and closing grip on European energy markets, Gazprom is getting the attention. And the way things are going,

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France's EU presidency to highlight energy
Oil & Gas Journal, TX -4 hours ago
He also advises that if Nabucco is built, Russian gas must be accepted, and the gasline must be built not against Gazprom but with Gazprom.

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France's EU presidency to highlight energy
PennEnergy, TX -17 minutes ago
He also advises that if Nabucco is built, Russian gas must be accepted, and the gasline must be built not against Gazprom but with Gazprom.

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Deal Consolidates More of Russia’s Mining Industry
New York Times, United States -35 minutes ago
Metalloinvest, a coal and iron ore mining company owned by Alisher Usmanov, an executive allied with the powerful natural gas monopoly Gazprom,

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BASF Quarterly Profit Rises 13% on Oil, Crop Units (Update5)
Bloomberg -3 hours ago
Wingas, the division's joint venture with OAO Gazprom of Russia, supplies natural gas to municipal utilities, industrial companies and power plant operators

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