Royal Dutch Shell, Europe?s largest oil company, reported a 33 percent increase in second-quarter profit, helped by a higher oil price.

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July 31 (Bloomberg) — BASF SE , the world’s biggest chemical producer, reported profit that beat analyst estimates for a sixth straight quarter as record crude prices bolstered its oil and gas unit and demand for pesticides surged.

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FORTS: The Methodology For Determination Of The Settlement Price
Exchange News Direct, UK -13 minutes ago
For example, the futures contract on Gazprom ordinary shares with settlement in September (GZU8) is most liquid now, therefore, it is the major futures

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Gazprom's gas reserves rise 0.5 pct in 2007 -Ifax
Reuters -18 minutes ago
MOSCOW, July 31 (Reuters) - Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom's (GAZP.MM: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) proved gas reserves rose 0.5 percent last

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RTS Index posts upward correction on external positive
Onet.pl, Poland -3 hours ago
Total RTS Classic Trading came to $43.274 million while MICEX Stock Exchange stocks reached 51.42 billion, led by Gazprom with 13.665 billion rubles in

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JP Morgan Chase & Co. downgrades Russian stocks as government looks set to nationalize private steel and oil companies.

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2008-07-31 09:10:35 Eni says MD Stefano Cao resigns, names Claudio Descalzi

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July 31 (Bloomberg) — BASF SE , the world’s biggest chemical producer, reported profit that beat analyst estimates for a sixth straight quarter as record crude prices bolstered its oil and gas unit and demand for pesticides surged.

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BASF Profit Beats Estimates a Sixth Time on Oil Unit (Update2)
Bloomberg -1 hour ago
Wingas, the division's trading joint venture with OAO Gazprom of Russia, supplies natural gas to municipal utilities, industrial companies and power plant

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Russian President Dmitri Medvedev says he wants to make Russia a leading global financial center. But a series of state crackdowns on private companies have plunged Russian markets into turmoil and sent foreign investors fleeing.

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