Plans to axe 5,000 jobs in a belated attempt to shake up Royal Dutch Shell failed to prevent a slide in the shares of the oil supermajor — down 3% or 58p at 1853p — whose third quarter results today paled against a strong performance reported earlier in the week by BP ... more
One of the highest-flying female executives in the male-dominated world of oil and gas has resigned from Shell after being passed over for the chief executive's job... more
The carnage among the oil supermajors continued as Shell reported a 62% profit slump in the first quarter, hard on the heels of the 59% dive reported by arch-rival BP
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City grandee Lord Simon of Highbury is to stand down as vice chairman of Unilever in May to be replaced by outgoing Shell chief Jeroen van der Veer... more
Energy: Royal Dutch Shell reported a 28% slump in fourth-quarter profits as the oil price collapsed, but still notched up a record haul for the year... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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