Four years ago, Bill Effner, the owner of Landes Audio and Video in Chester, N.

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However, the rumoured size of the stake, 25% plus one share, is a tricky one to manage, says Adam Landes at Renaissance Capital, an investment bank.

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"It's a return to the glorious past of distributing pretty much every dollar they earn, " said Adam Landes, oil and gas analyst at Renaissance Capital bank.

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Adam Landes, director of oil research at Moscow-based Renaissance Capital, said Lukoil was unlikely to get a new deal on the same terms as last time.

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In the late 1990s Jared Diamond and David Landes tackled head-on the most vexing questions: why did Europe discover modern economic growth and why is its spread so limited?

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David Landes's grand backward look at the world explains its development not just through concepts like property rights and industrial innovation, but also through inventions like the plough, the windmill and eyeglasses.

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And if, alternatively, Menatep were to step in as a guarantor for Yukos's debts, says Adam Landes at Renaissance, the government would only be able to grab Menatep's shares in Yukos if the oil company did go bankrupt.

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