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Better than a Thanksgiving turkey

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2010
"It's always darkest before dawn." This axiom came to mind as I watched Wall Street recouped its previous day's losses. Everything that could go wrong appeared to have gone wrong yesterday. There was shelling in the Korea's. Ireland's acceptance of ...

When everything went wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
Pick your poison. There's a "Murphy's Law" event for every bear to choose from to shatter all hopes, prayers and wishes. Thanksgiving? No, thanks! As Mr. Murphy famously said, "If something can go wrong, it will!" It sure the heck did over the past ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... stocks falling in the S&P/ASX50, there was one decline. RBS Morgans director of equities Bill Chatterton said the sale of Shell's holding in Woodside Petroleum was the major factor in a softer market on Tuesday. Royal Dutch Shell has sold around a 10 ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2010
... chief executive Peter Freyberg speaks at a business lunch in Sydney, while Medusa Mining Ltd releases full year results. And Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd executive vice president Ann Pickard speaks at a breakfast in Perth. On Monday, the Australian ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... director of the Wesfarmers-owned Coles, Ian McLeod, are listed as speakers at a retail conference in Sydney. In Canberra, Shell chairman Russell Caplan is to participate in lunch forum organised by Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2010
... target Arrow Energy was three cents richer at $5.18 after the Foreign Investment Review Board approved the joint Royal Dutch Shell/PetroChina takeover bid for Arrow. On Wall Street overnight, stocks closed higher, after another series of upbeat earnings ...

NZ Super buys Shell assets

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2010
A consortium including the New Zealand Superannuation Fund has bought the Royal Dutch Shell's New Zealand distribution business assets for more than $540 million. The deal includes all Shell's "downstream assets", which include the business' retail ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2010
... vote its 16.7 per cent stake in the company in favour of the $4.70 per share takeover bid for that company by Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina. "New Hope has capitulated so there will be a bit of loss-taking with the enthusiasm that there was going to ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2010
... the energy sector, as Arrow Energy recommended its shareholders accept a new, improved joint takeover bid from Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina Co Ltd. Arrow shares were down 19 cents, or 3.59 per cent, to $5.10. "It is quite amazing, Arrow's share price ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... cent, to $5.77 as the market digested optimistic forecasts about liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Asia Pacific region from Shell, and after the partners in the PNG LNG project announced go ahead for the massive project. Woodside Petroleum added 50 ...