Log-in details from 1.6 million accounts have been posted on the web by hacktivist group Ghost Shell.
The World Wildlife Fund, a leading environmental group, called Shell's decision wise under the circumstances.
Apache joins the likes of BG Group, Statoil, Shell and Transocean in closing offices and curtailing drilling operations.
This same month, news broke that Royal Dutch Shell, along with the Panalpina Group, which has 14, 000 employees in more than 80 countries, face multimillion dollar fines in a case that could set new standards for overseeing foreign contractors.
Even if the Working Group were just a shell, why not call a spade a spade, as opposed to insulting an industry that the newspaper itself depends upon to bring it a percentage of its news and some of its revenues?
Among those whose shareholders don't resent companies offering support for the arts are RSNO sponsors Capital Solutions, The Courier newspaper, Weir Group and Miller Group, along with Shell and Total, the latter financing a 'naked classics' programme focussed recently on the north-east.
While Shell was once seen as a model of good management, some investors have in recent years criticised its complicated two-company structure: Royal Dutch Petroleum, based in the Netherlands, owns 60% of the group and London-based Shell Transport and Trading the remaining 40%, with operational management reporting to both boards.
To that end, it announced a number of partnerships with big consumer brands, including InterContinental Hotel Group, Bass Pro Shops and Shell Oil.
In its ruling Wednesday, the Hague Civil Court rejected most of a landmark case brought by Nigerian farmers and environmental pressure group Friends of the Earth against Shell, saying the leaking pipelines were was caused by saboteurs, not Shell negligence.
Tax authorities in recent weeks served notices on oil company Royal Dutch Shell PLC and U.K.-based Vodafone Group PLC saying they owe higher taxes than they paid because they undervalued the transfer of shares between their Indian subsidiaries and other overseas units.
"This is the first good decision we've seen from Shell, " said Mike le Vine of Oceana, a group which focuses on ocean conservation.
Ruybalid said surveillance video from the bank in Valdosta showed Lee Grace Dougherty firing a MAC-10 machine pistol, and shell casings from the bank matched a weapon found with the group after their capture.
However, dogs primarily catch the virus while in close quarters with other dogs that are coughing and sneezing, says Steven Shell, head of Merck's U.S. companion animal group.
The Kazakh government announced Monday that it was suspending operations at its Kashagan oilfield for three months because Eni, the leader of a group of oil companies including ExxonMobil, Total, Royal Dutch Shell and CononoPhillips, which have stakes in the offshore project, had violated environmental regulations.
To reassure oilmen, Mr Putin told a group of businessmen that they should have nothing to fear if they pay their dues and shell out for much-needed new infrastructure.
Among the largest underlying components of VEU, in trading today Vodafone Group Plc ( NASD: VOD) is up about 0.9%, Royal Dutch Shell Plc ( NYSE: RDS.A) is up about 0.9%, and BHP Billiton Ltd. ( NYSE: BHP) is up by about 1.6%.
Other companies that have underperformed the group of 20 include BP, Anadarko Petroleum, Hess, Statoil, and Royal Dutch Shell, among others.
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While Shell would not comment on the new South Dakota law, it announced Wednesday in a publicly released letter to the group United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) that it's ending all gasoline sales to Iran.
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