BP in Talks to Sell Assets In Venezuela
By GUY CHAZAN | BP PLC is in talks to sell its stakes in oil projects in Venezuela to its Russian joint venture TNK-BP Ltd., part of a $30 billion asset disposal program designed to help it meet the c...
Venezuela, China discuss new co-op agreements
| CARACAS - Venezuela and China held talks Thursday on ten new agreements involving cooperation in energy, mining, food and gas sectors, the state-run Venezolana de Television (VTV) reported. | China ...
China to help Venezuela build 3 power stations
| China will help Venezuela build three 300 megawatt (mW) electricity generating plants in return for oil deliveries under a long-term $20 billion financing deal, the Latin American OPEC nation said o...
BP to sell Venezuela projects to Russian JV
CARACAS/MUMBAI: BP HAS told Venezuela’s state oil company it’s interested in selling stakes in three projects to its Russian venture, TNK-BP Holding, Petroleos de Venezuela SA vice president Eulog...
South Americans try to end Venezuela-Colombia rift
| QUITO (Reuters) - South American foreign ministers meet in Ecuador on Thursday to discuss broken ties between Venezuela and Colombia, with sparks likely over the two Andean nations' clashing plans t...
BP spill cases head to court as Shell counts cost
| LONDON/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - The tide of lawsuits unleashed by BP'soil spill in the Gulf of Mexico breaks into an Idaho courtroom on Thursday, just as the company's rivals are counting the co...
Neighbors fail to end Venezuela-Colombia rift
| QUITO (Reuters) – South American foreign ministers failed to mend broken ties between Venezuela and Colombia at a meeting on Thursday but the countries agreed that irregular armed groups were ...
What's On: PERFORMANCES
| Each week the best on stage in Japan | ORCHESTRAS ON SILVER SCREEN | "Maestro 6," which offers screenings of six classical concerts under the baton of famed conductors, starts July 31 at Wald9 Cinem...
Avon Products 2Q net income jumps
Comments NEW YORK (Map, News) - Stronger sales of beauty products and growth in Latin America helped Avon Products Inc.'s second-quarter net income rise as it shifts away from less-profitable categori...
Helmerich reports 3Q loss on Venezuelan takeover
Comments TULSA, Okla. (Map, News) - Oil and gas drilling company Helmerich & Payne Inc. said Thursday it lost $36.7 million in its fiscal third quarter as it wrote off assets that the Venezuelan gover...
Business Highlights
| The Associated Press Share | thefresnobee_994:/2010/07/29/2023155/business-highlights.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | Similar stories: | Stocks fall amid uncer...
South Americans try to end Venezuela-Colombia rift
| QUITO (Reuters) – South American foreign ministers meet in Ecuador on Thursday to discuss broken ties between Venezuela and Colombia, with sparks likely over the two Andean nations' clashi...
Business Highlights
| Initial jobless claims drop to 457,000 | WASHINGTON (AP) — New jobless claims fell last week for the third time in four weeks but remain elevated. The decline is a sign that the economy likely...
'South of the Border': Oliver Stone's portrait of an evolving Latin America
| "It's a weird little thing, not a documentary," Oliver Stone recently said in describing "South of the Border," his fascinating, sometimes puzzling, inevitably controversial account of meeting Venez...
Investors cool to Suriname presidential choice
* Challenge of incoming president: To maintain status quo * Not much debt but not much trust either-analyst * High commodity prices to allow Suriname to pay debts By Manuela Badawy NEW YORK, July 29 (...
South of the Border
| Oliver Stone's entertaining study of South America's socialist "revolution" South of the Border shows he's more Alan Partridge than Walter Cronkite. By Steve Rose 3 The case for the south ... Direct...
Venezuelan author Maria Gabriela Madrid to be new editor at Voices de la Luna magazine
| Maria Gabriela Madrid Maria Gabriela Madrid If you like this ... Author Maria Gabriela Madrid presents her book in Caracas Maria Gabriela Madrid's book now available in Books & Books, FL Interview w...
Dresser-Rand Group Inc. Sets Records for 2009 Sales, Operating Income and Net Income
4Q09 Diluted EPS of $0.50 includes Unusual Items that Reduced EPS by $0.11 | Announces Share Repurchase Program of up to $200 Million | , Feb. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- | Results Summ...
