Posted on Tuesday 18 December 2007 – 12:55 Ameyaw Debrah, Accra, Ghana The world’s first music television channel MTV and petroleum giants Shell have come together to showcase young African talents to the world through the MTV Making the Video with Shell series. According to Mr Jandre Louw, Marketing Manager of MTV Networks Africa, the [...]
Posts on ‘December 18th, 2007’
Ethiopian employees accuse Shell of raiding retirement fund
By John Donovan We recently published news of litigation brought against Shell by a trade union representing 90% of its Ethiopian employees. The article was authored by my father Alfred Donovan. We jointly operate a website described by the Financial Times as being “anti-Shell”: www.royaldutchshellplc.com In fact our objective is to persuade Shell management to [...]
wsws.org: Corporate oil giants scramble to plunder Iraq’s energy reserves
By James Cogan 18 December 2007 When Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki finally sent the so-called “oil law” to be passed by the parliament in July, George Bush phoned to congratulate him personally. Maliki’s failure to push the legislation through had been a source of growing frustration and anger in Washington for more than a [...]
Bloomberg: Australia to Name Gasoline Competition Commissioner (Update1)
By Angela Macdonald-Smith Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) — The Australian government will appoint a commissioner to oversee competition in gasoline retailing after a report by the antitrust regulator found the nation’s four refiners operate in “a comfortable oligopoly.” The search for a Petrol Commissioner has started and the government intends to make an announcement “in the [...]
Bloomberg: Essar to Raise $4 Billion to Triple Refining Output (Update2)
By Archana Chaudhary Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) — Essar Oil Ltd., operator of India’s newest refinery, plans to raise $4 billion, half of it overseas, to more than triple capacity at the facility. The funding plan will be completed next month, Naresh Nayyar, managing director, said in an interview in Mumbai. Shareholders will vote today to [...]
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