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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... it in - big time. How big? Here's how big: Exxon Mobil's net income jumped 69 per cent in the first quarter; Royal Dutch Shell's net income increased by 30 per cent; Occidental Petroleum's profits rose by 46 per cent, and; ConocoPhillips' by 44 per cent. ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2011
... Earlier, Woodside hit $50.85 after news reports from the UK over the weekend said BHP was in detailed talks with Royal Dutch Shell, Woodside's biggest shareholder, for an eventual STG30 billion ($A46.7 billion) takeover of Woodside. BHP Billiton was ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2010
... 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 per cent stake in Woodside Petroleum, worth $3.3 billion. At 1200 AEDT, Woodside was the worst ...

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 - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2010
... than $US100 billion ($A110.29 billion) in government bailout money it received during the credit crisis. Also, Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina offered to buy Australia's Arrow Energy Ltd for $US3 billion ($A3.31 billion) in cash and stock. Royal Dutch ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... $1.55, or 44.5 per cent, to $5.03 after receiving a cash and scrip $3.85 billion takeover bid from energy giants Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina. Oil stocks made substantial gains, with Oil Search jumping 27 cents, or 5.15 per cent, to $5.51, Woodside ...

NY fund blacklists Gazprom and Petrobras

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... monitoring and prohibiting any other investments in seven other companies that operate in both countries including Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Total SA, Alstom and Snam Rete Gas. Melany Grout, director of Conflict Risk Network, said companies are taking notice ...