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...Gerhard Schröder, the former German chancellor, has been nominated to join the board of Russian energy group Gazprom, fuelling scrutiny of his close links to the Kremlin-controlled company....
...Since May, the Delaware Court of Chancery has played (virtual) host to a bewildering array of parties scrapping over whether SoftBank was wrong to walk away from a $3bn tender offer it made when it rescued...
...Chesapeake, a pioneer of the US shale energy industry, and smaller rivals such as California Resources and Gulfport Energy, have all hired advisers to help them restructure their debt, the FT reported....
...In a move that was emblematic of the anthem “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen, Judge Mary Walrath of the US bankruptcy court in Delaware gave Hertz approval to sell up to $1bn of new shares to speculators....
...strikes $250m deal for Edison’s North Sea assets (FT) Sempra Energy to sell Chilean businesses for $2.23bn to China's State Grid (Reuters) Total buys 37% of India’s Adani gas distribution business (FT...
...The private sector initiative is intended to seek opportunities for co-operation between the two countries in technology, healthcare, energy and manufacturing....
...An economy for everyone: Leo Strine fires off on short-termism Few judges are as important to corporate America as Leo Strine, the supreme court chief justice in Delaware, the state in which two-thirds...
...The company filed for Chapter 11 protection on Sunday in a US bankruptcy court in Delaware, listing debts of more than $600m....
...Smart Reads Selling shells by the Delaware shore The state that has more corporate entities registered than people is considering dropping anonymous LLCs....
...In December a Delaware court ruled in favour of Sarissa, granting it two board seats....
...Investment in areas that have access to those cheap feedstocks and energy has been booming....
...It said his tenure as a board member at six public companies in the past had lasted only one to two years, and that several of them, including Massey Energy, Ligand Pharmaceuticals and Biofuel Energy Corp...
...US stocks rose on Thursday as oil prices climbed, sending energy stocks higher and investors digested a mixed set of economic reports....
...Mirant fought back by launching legal action against NRG in Delaware Chancery Court....
...In late November, the company was ruled by a Delaware court to have inappropriately spent $313m in proceeds from asset sales....
...That is in marked contrast to Eisner’s reign, which had a plot as riveting as any that unfolded in a Delaware court....
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