- Revenues up 24.1% YoY to EUR 276.2 million representing an all-time-high – Growth driver sidetrack drilling: contribution to revenues rose to around 30% of total revenues in 2008, up from 16% in 2007 – Total EBITDA declined 5.1% YoY to EUR 47.2 million due to cost pressure – Order book for 2009 amounted to EUR 188 million at the end of Q1 2009 robust demand for brownfield services – Cost …

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MOSCOW -(Dow Jones)- Russia’s OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS), the world’s biggest producer of natural gas, Wednesday said its net profit for 2008 rose 13% due to higher European export prices, but was hit by lower demand amid an economic slowdown toward the end of the year.

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April 29 (Bloomberg) — OAO Gazprom said fourth-quarter profit tumbled 84 percent after the world’s largest natural-gas producer suffered from a “dramatic” drop in demand and the ruble weakened against the dollar.

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- Revenues up 24.1% YoY to EUR 276.2 million – representing an all-time-high – Growth driver sidetrack drilling: contribution to revenues rose …

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PARIS, April 28 (Reuters) – Below are leading stories from French and Benelux newspapers and company-related news which could have an impact on the region’s markets or individual stocks.

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LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) – European shares were expected to open sharply lower on Tuesday, tracking losses in U.S. and Asian markets, on investor concern about the spread of a new strain of flu and its impact on the economy.

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FRANKFURT, April 28 (Reuters) – Factors that may move German stocks on Tuesday:

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28 April 2009 Reuters WASHINGTON — Russia has asked the World Bank to provide a partial guarantee on a bond issue by state lender VEB, the World Bank’s Russia director, Klaus Rohland, said Monday.

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Sales in Britain’s high street shops rose in March, after falling sharply in February, the Office for National Statistics said yesterday.

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