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Media Digest (5/24/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Many members of the EU want Greece to remain a member but have begun to prepare for its departure. (Reuters) Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) posts better-than-expected earnings and says it will ...
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Media Digest (5/17/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT

The European Central Bank no longer offers help to Greek banks it believes are insolvent. (Reuters) Some brokerage firms stop taking orders for Facebook shares. (Reuters) Japan’s gross domestic product ...
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Chesapeake Energy Board Scandal

The Chesapeake Energy (NYSE: CHK) board has gone so far as to strip CEO Aubrey K. McClendon of his role as chairman. Its members say they will change McClendon’s controversial compensation plan, which gives him a stake ...
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Shell Gets Its Way in Mozambique (RDS-A, APC)

Oil supermajor Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS-A) has finally nabbed British-based Cove Energy PLC in a deal worth $1.8 billion. In late February shell made an offer of $1.58 ...
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Exxon Banned from Iraqi Energy Auction (XOM, RDS-A, CVX, OXY, TOT, BP, E)

The government of Iraq will prohibit Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) from participating in the May auction of new leases because the US company last year signed six leases for ...
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Exxon’s Deal with Russia Worth $500 Billion (XOM, BP, RDS-A, STO)

Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) and Russia’s state-controlled oil company Rosneft have revealed some details of a recent deal the two signed which could result in a total investment of ...
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Oil Sheen in Gulf of Mexico Knocks Shell Stock (RDS-A, RDS-B, BP, TOT)

An oil sheen has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico near an area where Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS-A) (NYSE: RDS-B) has operations. The sheen is about 1 mile ...
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Media Digest (4/6/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

A federal judge approves a $25 billion mortgage misconduct settlement between the federal and several state governments and Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), Citigroup (NYSE: C), Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC), JP ...
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Total’s Costs for North Sea Leak Could Reach Billions (TOT, BP, RDS-A)

A natural gas leak discovered last Sunday at the Elgin field in the North Sea could cost France’s Total SA (NYSE: TOT) billions of dollars in costs to plug the ...
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Obama Administration OKs Alaska, East Coast Off-shore Exploration (RDS-A)

The US Department of the Interior has approved the spill plan proposed by Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS-A), a nearly final step before the company can proceed with exploratory ...
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North Sea Leak Continues to Plague Total (TOT, RDS-A, BP)

A leaking well in the North Sea continues to hamper crude oil production from the Elgin field operated by Total SA (NYSE: TOT). The company has shut-in about 130,000 barrels/day ...
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Media Digest (3/22/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) tries to end a legal case concerning fraud in its CDO sales. (Reuters) China’s factory activity slows, as evidenced by the HSBC flash PMI of 48.1, a low reading. ...
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Shell Gets Shale Gas Deal in China (RDS-A, PTR, CVX, TOT, BP)

Oil supermajor Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS-A) announced that the company’s China subsidiary has signed a production sharing contract with China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), parent of publicly traded ...
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China Sees Explosive Growth in Shale Gas Production (RDS-A, PTR, CVX, TOT, BP)

Under a new development plan released today, China forecasts production growth of natural gas from its shale deposits of around 230 billion cubic feet by 2015, up from zero today. ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (FDX, WY, CMA, GLW, RDS-A, IDTI, MCK, PCL, CYOU, HUM, LAZ, L, SYY, SURW, CHUX, SOHU, GBG, DNDN)

US equity markets opened lower this morning and never moved into positive territory all day. Greek debt swap negotiations made no discernible progress today and there was no scheduled data ...
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