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...But for that and a thick Spanish accent, I could almost mistake him for Santa Claus. “You know what happened,” Andrés tells me....
...He has held a number of jobs in the oil sector at Statoil, Woodside Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell....
...With Christmas this year falling on a Monday, many would-be Santas are likely to hold out for bargains on the final weekend....
...In the case of Shell, for example, Mr Stick believes that dividend cover will improve markedly if the takeover of BG goes through....
...Barclays, which is the banker to Northern & Shell, Mr Desmond’s media group, declined to comment....
...(We excluded Shell because they have bet big on producing natural gas.)...
...ENN’s vision is shared by others, including Clean Energy Fuels Corp, the largest provider of natural gas fuel for transportation in North America, and Royal Dutch Shell, the energy group....
...Generations past may have settled for a postcard or shell as a memento from their annual summer holidays, but these days vacationers are opting for something altogether more wearable as souvenirs....
...Top of the list for girls is “Dora’s Talking Kitchen from Fisher Price,” priced at $79.99 and the top toy for boys is the “Tyco Radio Controlled shell Shocker,” which transforms from a green shell cyberball...
...– and popping themselves on Santa’s lap. At Asprey it was more of the same, but Santa had been replaced by a 22.93-carat fancy vivid blue....
...The London market slumped into an early Christmas break yesterday and with trading activity reduced to a minimum, the momentum behind this week’s Santa rally fizzled out....
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