Saturday, August 29, 2015
Shelling out too much
Shelling out too much
Mr van Beurden – who ill-advisedly said the deal only really sings once the oil price recovers to $90 a barrel – would be unwise to count on it. He’s on the hook for a £750m break fee if he pulls out, a pay-out he’d be hard pressed to survive.
By Jeremy Warner: Sunday Telegraph 30 Aug 2015
It would be wrong to say City investors are on the point of insurrection over Royal Dutch Shell’s blockbuster takeover bid for BG Group. Most big investors in Shell will also be major shareholders in BG, so if the stock and cash offer goes through, what they lose on the Shell roundabout they will gain on the BG swings.
None the less, it is ever more obvious Shell’s Ben van Beurden is overpaying for BG, as reflected in the fact that BG shares languish at a whopping great discount to the see-through value of Shell’s offer – 981p per share against 1134p.
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Obama defends Shell Arctic drilling decision
Obama defends Shell Arctic drilling decision
By AFP 29 August 2015
Two days before heading to Alaska to raise climate change awareness, US President Barack Obama on Saturday defended his controversial decision to allow Shell to drill in the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea.
The Obama administration’s green light for the Anglo-Dutch oil giant angered environmental groups which have decried the “hypocrisy” of the president, who in recent months has stressed the need for aggressive actions against climate change.
Opponents note how the decision comes in the run-up to the UN climate conference in Paris in December. The meeting is seen as crucial in efforts to forge an agreement to curb international emissions.
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Oil price rises: is this the end of the slump?
Oil price rises: is this the end of the slump?
“The trend is strong and down… do not be wrong-footed by a correction higher…”
Aug 28, 2015: Brent in biggest one-day surge since December 2008 as pipelines closed down
Oil prices are continuing to rise after the market posted its biggest one-day surge for close to seven years, a recovery that comes off the back of a sharp decline earlier this week.
The Financial Times reports the international benchmark Brent crude jumped by more than 10 per cent, or $4.42, to settle at $47.56 a barrel on Thursday. On Friday morning it had fallen slightly in early trading and was hovering around $47.
This recovery had followed several days in which a renewed slump, which set in earlier in the summer, gathered pace. Prices hit a post-financial crisis low of close to $42 a barrel on Tuesday. Even now Brent is only back to where it was a week ago and at a level that remains punishing for producers in many regions. US crude settled at $42.86, another week-long high but relative low.
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Tell Pope Francis why criminal justice reform matters to you.
Dear Friend,
The letters are rolling in!
We've received more than 150 letters from justice advocates around the country encouraging the pope to preach restorative justice to Congress when he visits next month.
I'd like to say a big thanks to each of you who have taken the time to tell Pope Francis why criminal justice reform matters to you. My advocacy team has compiled your letters, and I'm excited to pass them on to the pope.
I'd love to have hundreds more letters for Pope Francis, urging him to tell our senators and representatives how crucial it is that they pass legislation like the Second Chance Reauthorization Act, which would help continue funding for reentry programs for people returning home from prison.
There's still time to submit a letter, so if you've yet to do so, please click here to get started. And please invite your friends and family to pen their own letters by clicking here. The deadline for submissions is this Monday, Aug. 31 at midnight.
Thank you for advocating for criminal justice legislation that respects victims, transforms people with criminal records, and makes communities safer.
Blessings,
Craig DeRoche
Justice Fellowship
Prison Fellowship Ministries
Justice Fellowship 44180 Riverside Parkway Lansdowne, VA, 20176 |
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Friday, August 28, 2015
Bernie Sanders Explains To Democrats Why They Lose Elections
Bernie Sanders Explains To Democrats Why They Lose Elections
He criticized the party's establishment -- while standing just steps away from the party's establishment.
Posted: 08/28/2015 05:24 PM EDT
SEN. BERNIE SANDERS IMAGE CREDIT : screenshot HUFF POST POLITICS VIDEO
Posted: 08/28/2015 05:24 PM EDT
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| SEN. BERNIE SANDERS IMAGE CREDIT : screenshot HUFF POST POLITICS VIDEO |
WASHINGTON -- In his first-ever speech before the Democratic National Committee on Friday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized the party's approach to elections, saying Democrats wouldn't win in 2016 if they failed to generate enthusiasm and resorted instead to "politics as usual."
"Let me be very clear," said Sanders, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination and caucuses with Democrats in the Senate. "In my view, Democrats will not retain the White House, will not regain the Senate, will not gain the House and will not be successful in dozens of governor’s races unless we run a campaign which generates excitement and momentum and which produces a huge voter turnout."
Sanders made the comments at the DNC's summer meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, standing just steps from party officials like DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz. He suggested that his campaign was a model for the kind of "revolution" that Democrats had needed during the 2014 midterm elections, in which Republicans won nearly all close gubernatorial and congressional races and took control over a number of state legislatures.
"The Republicans did not win the midterm election in November," the senator said. "The Democrats lost that election because voter turnout was abysmally low, and millions of working people, minorities and young people gave up on politics as usual and stayed home."
"With all due respect, and I do not mean to insult anyone here, that will not happen with politics as usual," he continued. "The same old, same old will not be successful."
Sanders' criticism of the Democratic Party was a departure from the themes he emphasizes in his typical stump speech on the campaign trail. He said that Democrats need "a movement which takes on the economic and political establishment, not one which is part of it." However, the end of the speech was more true to form, transitioning into a list of the issues that his "unprecedented grassroots movement" would focus on: Wall Street, campaign finance, immigration, economic and educational inequality, climate change and mass incarceration.
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WASHINGTON -- In his first-ever speech before the Democratic National Committee on Friday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) criticized the party's approach to elections, saying Democrats wouldn't win in 2016 if they failed to generate enthusiasm and resorted instead to "politics as usual."
"Let me be very clear," said Sanders, who is running for the Democratic presidential nomination and caucuses with Democrats in the Senate. "In my view, Democrats will not retain the White House, will not regain the Senate, will not gain the House and will not be successful in dozens of governor’s races unless we run a campaign which generates excitement and momentum and which produces a huge voter turnout."
Sanders made the comments at the DNC's summer meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota, standing just steps from party officials like DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz. He suggested that his campaign was a model for the kind of "revolution" that Democrats had needed during the 2014 midterm elections, in which Republicans won nearly all close gubernatorial and congressional races and took control over a number of state legislatures.
"The Republicans did not win the midterm election in November," the senator said. "The Democrats lost that election because voter turnout was abysmally low, and millions of working people, minorities and young people gave up on politics as usual and stayed home."
"With all due respect, and I do not mean to insult anyone here, that will not happen with politics as usual," he continued. "The same old, same old will not be successful."
Sanders' criticism of the Democratic Party was a departure from the themes he emphasizes in his typical stump speech on the campaign trail. He said that Democrats need "a movement which takes on the economic and political establishment, not one which is part of it." However, the end of the speech was more true to form, transitioning into a list of the issues that his "unprecedented grassroots movement" would focus on: Wall Street, campaign finance, immigration, economic and educational inequality, climate change and mass incarceration.
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