Oil Wars on the Horizon CounterPunch | Conflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international landscape for a long time. Major wars over oil have been fought every decade or so since World War I, and smaller engagements have erupted every few years; a flare-up or two in 2012, then, would be part o...
Is Obama wary of Brazil and Dilma Rousseff? Al Jazeera | Are there hidden tensions which stand to undermine the important diplomatic relationship between Washington and rising star Brazil? During a recent meeting at the White House, Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff sought to put on a good face. Brazil had made "extraordinary progre...
Saturday Papers: Facebook narrowly avoids dip below starting price Citywire Top stories | The Guardian: Facebook's first day as a public company ended with the company narrowly avoiding the embarrassment of its stock dipping below the $38 starting price, in one of the most frenzied share sales in history. The Guardian (Comme...
Oil well in Cuba comes up dry, raises questions about future exploration The Miami Herald | Cuba’s dreams of an oil bonanza suffered a tough but possibly temporary setback Friday when the Spanish Repsol company confirmed it hit a dry hole when it drilled a well off the island’s northwest coast. | The dry well will put more p...
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Argentina's Petersen Group in default-US SEC filing Reuters | BUENOS AIRES May 18 (Reuters) - Petersen Group has been declared in default of loans it took out to help buy a stake in Argentine oil company YPF, and been ordered to repay what it borrowed immediately, a U.S. regulatory filing shows. | Credit Suis...
Repsol Seeks Class-Action Suit against Argentina in NY Court Rig Zone | MADRID - Spanish oil firm Repsol YPF SA said Wednesday it had filed a lawsuit against Argentina in a court in New York after the country nationalized the company's local unit. | In the suit--which Repsol is pursuing in the name of other YPF shareho...
Repsol sues Argentina over YPF seizure in US court ICIS | | MEDELLIN, Colombia (ICIS)--Repsol YPF, the large Spanish oil company, has filed a class-action lawsuit against Argentina for seizing control of YPF, in which Repsol held a majority stake, the company said on Wednesday. | The law...
Spain's Repsol sues Argentina over YPF takeover The Wichita Eagle | MADRID — Spain's Repsol energy firm says it has sued Argentina over its takeover of the company's majority stake in the YPF oil and gas producer. | Repsol and Texas Yale Capital Corp. are demanding that Argentina's government make an offer fo...
Is Obama wary of Brazil and Dilma Rousseff? Al Jazeera | Are there hidden tensions which stand to undermine the important diplomatic relationship between Washington and rising star Brazil? During a recent meeting at the White House, Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff sought to put on a good face. Brazil had made "extraordinary progress" under Rousseff, Obama declared effusively.&nbs...
Is Obama wary of Brazil and Dilma Rousseff? Al Jazeera | Are there hidden tensions which stand to undermine the important diplomatic relationship between Washington and rising star Brazil? During a recent meeting at the White House, Obama and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff sought to put on a good face. Brazil had made "extraordinary progress" under Rousseff, Obama declared effusively.&nbs...
