Vodafone decision eases tax worries for Shell, others

Last Updated: Thursday, January 29, 2015, 16:12

India`s decision to drop a tax dispute with Vodafone Group Plc is likely to mean relief for Royal Dutch Shell PLCand others caught in similar, protracted battles, as the government tries to attract much-needed foreign investment.

Shell ends $6.5 bn Qatar project as oil price falls

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 21:50

Qatar Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell have scrapped plans for a petrochemicals project, worth an estimated $6.5 billion, due to the slump in global oil prices.

Shell strikes Nigerian oil spills compensation deal

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 07:09

Royal Dutch Shell has agreed a multi-million-dollar settlement to compensate 15,600 Nigerian fishermen over two serious oil spills in 2008 after a three-year legal battle, both parties announced Wednesday.

As Ford closes, European rust belt seeks new ideas

Last Updated: Sunday, December 21, 2014, 15:13

Two car plants closed this month as companies sought cheaper labour elsewhere, the final chapter of a manufacturing boom that began when coal mines fuelling Europe`s industrialisation shut in the 1960s.

Dutch Philips to buy US-based Volcano in $1.2 bn deal

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 15:30

The deal is expected to be closed in the first quarter of 2015.

After Google, Dutch privacy watchdog probes Facebook

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 09:24

A Dutch government-affiliated watchdog said Tuesday it is probing changes in Facebook`s privacy policy, the latest skirmish in a wider fight over the commercial use of online personal data.

IBM signs 10-year multi-billion cloud deal with ABN Amro

Last Updated: Monday, December 1, 2014, 20:26

Last month, IBM said it had won a 7-year outsourcing contract from Germany`s Lufthansa worth 1 billion euros ($1.25 billion) that will see the US company take over the airline`s information technology infrastructure services division and staff.

Energy giant Shell posts sliding 2013 profits

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 16:43

Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday posted a 39-percent slump in annual net profits, two weeks after shocking the market with a profit warning.

Defending champions Rhinos take on Wizards in HIL on Sunday

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 22:56

Defending champions Ranchi Rhinos will kickstart their campaign against Uttar Pradesh Wizards in the second edition of the Hero Hockey India League here on Sunday.

Shell says to sell Australian energy interests

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 16:28

Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell announced on Monday the sale of stakes in Australian natural gas assets for more than one billion US dollars to a Kuwaiti state company.

ONGC, Shell buy rest of Brazil offshore block from Petrobras

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 04:04

Royal Dutch Shell Plc and India`s Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) purchased the remaining 35 percent of a Brazilian offshore oil block from their partner, Brazil`s state-run Petroleo Brasileiro SA , Shell said in a statement on Monday.

Woodside stake may be split if Shell sells out

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 11:05

The holding, worth about $6.4 billion and left over from Shell's abortive attempt to acquire Woodside in 2001, has long been viewed as non-core to Shell.