Shell Connections By Alfred Donovan I understand that the next court hearing in respect of Shell’s latest legal proceedings against Malaysian geologist, Dr John Huong, who worked for Shell for almost 30 years, will be heard on 21 May. He is being sued for defamation and contempt of court by EIGHT multinational companies within [...]
Posts on ‘May 14th, 2006’
Financial Times: Fraudsters chip away at card safety
Fraudsters chip away at card safetyBy Charles Batchelor Published: May 13 2006 03:00 | Last updated: May 13 2006 03:00 Come back Money! You may have always puffed and panted behind Plastic Card in those television commercials for Access – “Your flexible friend” – during the 1980s and early 1990s, but plastic is not looking [...]
The Business Online: What keeps BP’s Lord Browne in the driving seat?
What keeps BP’s Lord Browne in the driving seat? By Rupert Steiner – City Editor14 May 2006 HE’S chief executive of Europe’s largest oil company, but hates driving. With an annual salary of £6.5m ($12.3m, E9.5m), BP’s Lord Browne is not one of Britain’s motorists struggling to finance petrol at £1 a litre. “I [...]
The Business Online: The big oil companies target Canadian oil sands operators
The big oil companies target Canadian oil sands operators By Richard Orange14 May 2006 STAFF at Calgary’s Fairmont Palliser Hotel are getting used to a resolutely international crowd. After decades on the fringes of the oil industry, the Canadian province of Alberta is hot. And a stream of investment bankers and company executives, from [...]
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Solution or Distraction? An Ethanol Reality Check
Solution or Distraction? An Ethanol Reality Check E-Mail Print Reprints Save By JIM MOTAVALLI Published: May 14, 2006 ETHANOL is on a roll, increasingly promoted as a homegrown alternative to oil from the Middle East. But is ethanol really the fuel of the future, or is it destined to remain a niche product in [...]
The Sunday Times: Chip and pin ‘makes fraud even easier’
The Sunday Times May 14, 2006 Chip and pin ‘makes fraud even easier’ The original Catch Me If You Can con man says Britain’s new card system is wide open to abuse. By Jessica Bown CHIP-AND-PIN systems introduced to foil credit and debit-card fraudsters are making it easier to commit certain types of financial crime, [...]
The Observer: Criminal gangs push VAT fraud losses up to £7bn
Criminal gangs push VAT fraud losses up to £7bn Nick MathiasonSunday May 14, 2006The Observer The public is being swindled out of £7bn by fraudulent VAT claims organised by criminal gangs, according to a new estimate – a figure far higher than previously thought. Analysis by the PCS civil servants' union also shows that suspected [...]
The Observer: How to play your cards right and foil the identity thieves
How to play your cards right and foil the identity thieves Buying a shredder isn't enough in the battle against laptop criminals, says Lisa Bachelor Sunday May 14, 2006The Observer 'Technology breeds crime. Crime is getting easier, faster and harder to detect. There are no conmen anymore dressed in debonair suits with a briefcase and [...]
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