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Ex-wife of Glock founder sues him over millions
October 10th, 2014
Lawsuit accuses gun maker of conspiring to cheat her out of money she is owed. After working decades to build a wildly successful firearms company, Gaston Glock conspired with associates to push out his ex-wife and business partner of ...
CNPC Anti-Corruption Head Said to Be Detained for Investigation
October 9th, 2014
China National Petroleum Corp.’s executive in charge of rooting out graft has been detained by authorities, according to two officials at the country’s biggest oil and gas producer. Wang Lixin, the head of the discipline and inspection department at ...
Democracy or Idiocracy?
October 9th, 2014
In Cyprus, we live in a democracy characterised by government by the people and/or their elected representatives: constitutional guarantees, free and fair elections, a parliament of elected members, separation of legislature and the executive, an independent judiciary, and so ...
Sanctions force another company out of Russia’s oil boom
October 9th, 2014
Western sanctions against Russia have led Royal Dutch Shell to discontinue its work with Gazprom Neft extracting shale oil from a field in Siberia. In announcing Shell’s suspension on its website, Gazprom Neft, part of the Kremlin-run gas monopoly ...
Where Next? A peek through the Macro Lens
October 9th, 2014
Financial markets have been on a heady ride since the financial crisis began in 2008. It looks like we are now at a very critical juncture which will define how things play out over the next 18-24 months. There ...
Will there be a China–US deal on climate change?
October 8th, 2014
For many years China and the United States have faced off over climate change. Now, climate change action is one of the few things the two powers can agree on. A new view on the benefits of climate action ...
Central Asia Rues Dependency On Russian Fuel
October 7th, 2014
Weak links in Russia’s petroleum-refinery network and the Kremlin’s power play in Ukraine are shortchanging Central Asian petrol markets, importers complain. With alternatives expensive or unfeasible, and regional refining capacity severely limited, local energy executives are ruing Moscow’s traditional ...
Second California Regulator Under Fire for PG&E E-Mails
October 7th, 2014
A second California regulator deliberating on a $1.4 billion penalty proposal against PG&E Corp. (PCG) for its role in a deadly 2010 natural gas pipeline blast has come under attack for communications with the company. Commissioner Mike Florio’s credibility ...
U.S. Oil Export ban no longer necessary says Exxon Chief
October 7th, 2014
Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil’s CEO, says the ban on exports of U.S. crude oil that’s been in effect for decades is no longer necessary and a lifting of regulatory constraints on liquefied natural gas (LNG) would increase America’s energy and ...
US becoming largest oil producer in the global economy
September 30th, 2014
The US is overtaking Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest producer of liquid petroleum, in a sign of how its booming oil production has reshaped the energy sector. US production of oil and related liquids such as ethane ...
