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	Royal family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A royal family is the extended family of a monarch.
		A royal family typically includes the spouse of the reigning monarch, any or all surviving spouses of a deceased monarch, the children, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, and cousins of the reigning monarch, as well as their spouses.
		the United Kingdom), or a private house law (e.g., Liechtenstein, the former royal houses of Bavaria, Prussia, Hanover, etc.).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_family (561 words)

	Royal Dutch Shell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On 4 August 2005, the board of directors of Royal Dutch Shell plc announced the appointment of Jorma Ollila, currently Chairman and CEO of Nokia, to succeed Aad Jacobs as the company’s non-executive Chairman from 1 June 2006.
		Shell is incorporated in the UK with its corporate headquarters in The Hague, its tax residence is in the Netherlands, and its primary listings on the London Stock Exchange and the Amsterdam Stock Exchange.
		Shell's revenues of $306.73 billion (2005) made it the third-largest corporation in the world by turnover in 2005 and its profits of $25 billion made it the world's second most profitable business in terms of gross profits, the Forbes Global 2000 ranks it as the seventh-largest company in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Dutch/Shell (3048 words)

	Dutch monarchy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Initial disappointment of many Dutch people because of her quick withdrawal to London faded when she proved to be of great moral support to the people and the resistance in her occupied country.
		Traditionally, Dutch monarchs have always been members of the Dutch Reformed church although this was never constitutionally required.
		One of her first official acts was to sign the treaty of independence of the Dutch colony Indonesia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dutch_monarchy (1008 words)

	Royal Dutch Shell plc: 3rd Quarter Results
		Statement of cash flows This statement reflects cash flows of Royal Dutch Shell and its subsidiaries as measured in their own currencies, which are translated into US dollars at average rates of exchange for the periods and therefore exclude currency translation differences except for those arising on cash and cash equivalents.
		Royal Dutch Shell reports earnings per share on a basic and on a diluted basis, based on the weighted average number of Royal Dutch Shell (combined A and B) shares outstanding.
		Royal Dutch Shell outlook - Royal Dutch Shell expects to return $5 billion to shareholders via buy back of shares for cancellation in 2005, with any incremental purchase of remaining shares in Royal Dutch to be additional to this target.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-27-2005/0004196746&EDATE= (4493 words)

	Royal Dutch/Shell earnings down
		Royal Dutch/Shell, one of the world's biggest companies, reported a net profit of £1.187 billion ($1.85 billion), down from £1.227 billion ($1.91 billion) a year ago due to adverse currency movements and slumping chemical profits.
		LONDON-- Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell Group posted lower second-quarter profits Thursday, citing weakness in its chemicals business and the effect of foreign currency movements.
		Shell said currency movements had resulted in a loss of £60 million ($93 million) -- opposed to a gain of £77 million ($120 million) in 1995 -- mainly due to a stronger pound.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/business/96/08/02/shell.html (404 words)

	Royal Dutch Shell
		Shell companies recognise that in view of the importance of the activities in which they are engaged and their impact on national economies and individuals, open communication is essential.
		Shell companies recognise that maintaining the trust and confidence of shareholders, employees, customers and other people with whom they do business, as well as the communities in which they work, is crucial to the Group's continued growth and success.
		Shell companies work in a wide variety of changing social, political and economic environments, but in general they believe that the interests of the community can be served most efficiently by a market economy.
	www.itcilo.it /english/actrav/telearn/global/ilo/code/royal.htm (1304 words)

	Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An immensely popular member of the Dutch royal family, she also was Queen Regent (1890- 1898) and Queen Mother (1890- 1934).
		Queen Emma of the Netherlands, born Her Serene Highness Princess Adelheid Emma Wilhelmina Theresia of Waldeck and Pyrmont (August 2, 1858 - March 20, 1934) was Queen consort of William III of the Netherlands of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
		She was born in Bad Arolsen, German Confederation, on 2 August 1858, a daughter of Georg Viktor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and his wife, Princess Helena Wilhelmina Henrietta of Nassau.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emma_of_the_Netherlands (322 words)

	CNN.com - Royal Dutch Shell - Nov. 1, 2001
		Shell said third-quarter growth was fairly strong at 5 percent, led by a 21-percent improvement in gas volumes but dragged back by a three-percent decline in oil.
		Shell, the world's No. 2 oil company said, third quarter net income, excluding one-time items, fell 17 percent to $2.69 billion from $3.25 billion in the same period a year ago.
		Brent crude oil averaged over $25 dollars a barrel in the quarter, but Shell admitted the outlook was now "uncertain." Crude prices are close to their 10-year average of $19.50 as cracks appear in oil cartel OPEC's perceived ability to hold up the price.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/BUSINESS/11/01/shell (450 words)

	Corporate Watch : Royal Dutch Shell : Overview
		Despite merging their interests the companies remain separate: One can buy shares in Royal-Dutch or in Shell-Transport, but not in the Group as such[15].
		Shell had already suffered a blow earlier in 1995 when in April, Greenpeace activists occupied the Brent Spar oil platform which had come to the end of is working life and was due to be dumped at sea[23].
		Shell said it had submitted an objective view from "independent" scientists but a number of reports are alleged to have been hidden or destroyed.
	www.corporatewatch.org /?lid=302 (1043 words)

	RIGZONE - Royal Dutch Shell Unification Completed
		Royal Dutch Shell exercised its right to waive down the minimum percentage of Royal Dutch Shares that must have been submitted for exchange from 95% to 75% (as announced on 8 July 2005).
		These documents may also be obtained free of charge at the Royal Dutch Shell website at www.shell.com/unification or free of charge by contacting Investor Relations, Shell International B.V., FSK, PO Box 162, 2501 AN The Hague, The Netherlands.
		Delivery of the Royal Dutch Shell "A" shares and ADRs to those holders of Royal Dutch Shares who accepted the Royal Dutch Offer prior to its the expiry is expected to occur no later than 25 July 2005.
	www.rigzone.com /news/article.asp?a_id=23927 (1120 words)

	Royal Dutch/Shell investors agree landmark unification
		Royal Dutch/Shell had struggled to win back investors' trust after admitting between January 2004 and February this year that it had overstated its proved reserves of oil and gas by almost 6.0 billion barrels, and that senior executives were aware of problems long before they were made public.
		Royal Dutch/Shell, the third-biggest oil company in the world by market capitalisation, will move to a more traditional single-board structure with one chairman and one chief executive, scrapping its current dual-board arrangements based in Britain and the Netherlands.
		Investors in The Hague and London voted on Tuesday to back unification of the Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and Shell Transport and Trading, triggering an overhaul of the group's corporate governance structures.
	www.theallineed.com /news/0506/285420.htm (801 words)

	Royal Dutch Shell - Definitive Terms Restructuring of Certain Subsidiaries - Forbes.com
		Royal Dutch Shell intends to vote its 98.5% shareholding in Royal Dutch in favour of the restructuring and the merger at the EGM.
		Royal Dutch Shell and Royal Dutch today announce the definitive terms of, and the timetable for, the proposed restructuring that was previously announced on 20 September 2005.
		Royal Dutch Shell intends (but is not obliged) to exchange the loan notes for newly issued `A' shares in Royal Dutch Shell on the first exchange date, which is 6 January 2006.
	www.forbes.com /prnewswire/feeds/prnewswire/2005/10/31/prnewswire200510310313PR_NEWS_B_GBL_HS_UKM005.html (1323 words)

	Shell Canada denies knowledge of takeover plans by parent Royal Dutch Shell
		Royal Dutch Shell is one of the world's largest energy companies and has recently undergone a restructuring that merged Shell Transport and Trading together with Royal Dutch Petroleum, the two companies that originally formed the Royal Dutch Shell group.
		CALGARY (CP) - Shares in Shell Canada Ltd. fell more than three per cent Tuesday after the oil and natural gas producer said it was unaware of any plans by parent company Royal Dutch Shell plc.
		Shell is a major natural gas producer and refiner in Canada with a national chain of service stations, but its prized asset is a 60 per cent operating stake in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project, Canada's third major open-pit mining project in the northern Alberta oilsands.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/business/060103/b0103114.html (551 words)

	Unification of Royal Dutch and Shell Transport - Country Selection Form
		By clicking I CONFIRM you are representing and warranting to Royal Dutch Shell, Royal Dutch and Shell Transport that you are a resident of, and are accessing this website in or from, the country selected above.
		The unification of Royal Dutch and Shell Transport to one parent company, Royal Dutch Shell plc, was completed on 20 July 2005.
		Royal Dutch Shell plc has two classes of shares, "A" and "B" shares.
	www.unification.shell.com (310 words)

	Royal Dutch Shell Net Surges
		In Shell's exploration and production unit, earnings rose 112% from a year ago to $4.98 billion, including the $1.77 billion gain, a performance that reflected "strong oil and gas price realizations and divestment gains partially offset by lower volumes and higher costs." Before the gain, the segment's earnings rose 27% from a year ago.
		Shell earned $9.39 billion, or $1.35 a share, in the quarter, up 67% from last year's $5.62 billion, or 80 cents a share.
		Shell expects to produce 3.5 million barrels of oil equivalent a day this year, including the impact of hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
	www.thestreet.com /_tscs/stocks/energy/10249792.html (277 words)

	Boston.com / Business / Royal Dutch/Shell announces merger
		The proposal to merge Shell Transport and Trading Co Ltd., which holds 40 percent of Royal Dutch/Shell, and Royal Dutch Petroleum Co., which holds 60 percent, was largely welcomed by the market-- and overshadowed the possibility of more restatements.
		Royal Dutch shares were up 1.37 percent on the Euronext exchange to 42.81 euros ($54.61).
		Shell said that scrapping its twin-board structure was the best way to eliminate accounting failures that led it to admit in January that it had vastly overestimated reserves, its most precious asset.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2004/10/28/royal_dutchshell_proposes_to_unify_boards?mode=PF (833 words)

	Royal Dutch Shell plc
		Royal Dutch's sole activity is the ownership of a 60% interest in the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies, of which it is not a part and in whose activities it does not engage.
		Royal Dutch is a holding company which, in conjunction with Shell Transport, owns, directly or indirectly, investments in the numerous companies known collectively as the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies.
		Royal Dutch's issued and outstanding share capital as at January 31, 2005 consisted of 2,074,400,000 ordinary shares (excluding ordinary shares held by Royal Dutch, which have been repurchased and are awaiting approval for cancellation at the next annual general meeting of Royal Dutch) (the "Royal Dutch Shares").
	www.msc.gov.mb.ca /orders/royaldutch.html (1486 words)

	WJLA - Royal Dutch/Shell Estimates Investment
		Shell has warned since last year that the original cost estimate of $10 billion announced in May 2003 was likely to rise.
		Shell's 2005 total capital investment, across all its business activities, remains about $15 billion, excluding the 45 percent minority share of Sakhalin II held by Mitsui and Mitsubishi, the company said.
		Ivan Chernikovsky, a Shell spokesman in Moscow, said the cost estimates are "still at an early stage and subject to shareholder endorsement." He stressed the project was a "work in progress."
	www.wjla.com /headlines/0705/243378.html (297 words)

	BBC NEWS Business Shell shareholders approve merger
		Shell is currently the sixth largest firm in London's FTSE 100 index, but a market value of more than £120bn would push it into the top two - almost on a par with oil giant BP.
		Shell hopes its greater size will allow it to improve its competitive edge and lead consolidation in the industry.
		Merging the two sides should simplify the chain of command after management was blamed for a crisis led to Shell having to slash its oil reserves.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/business/4628983.stm (457 words)

	Earnings hit record at Royal Dutch/Shell
		Royal Dutch said it would split its shares on a 4-for-1 basis, while Shell Transport is to issue two new shares for every one held.
		The British Shell arm said John Jennings would retire as chairman June 30 and be replaced by Mark Moody-Stuart, while at Royal Dutch, Jeroen van der Veer was appointed as a managing director.
		LONDON-- Oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell Group announced record annual profits of more than £5.2 billion ($8.5 billion) Thursday despite a substantial fall in profits from its chemicals business.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/business/97/02/14/shell.2-0.html (356 words)

	Royal Dutch/Shell Profit Slips
		Royal Dutch/Shell faces inquiries in three countries after it over-stated proven energy reserves earlier this year and was then forced twice to lower its estimate.
		Royal Dutch/Shell (SC:NYSE) Thursday reported a drop in first-quarter profit and said it planned to buy back about $2 billion of its stock this year.
		Royal Dutch's net earnings fell to $1.05 euro, or $1.31 a share, vs. 1.35 euro a year ago.
	www.thestreet.com /pf/stocks/energy/10157368.html (131 words)

	Royal Dutch Shell shares fall on debut - Breaking News - Business - Breaking News
		The old Royal Dutch/Shell group was 60 percent owned by the Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. and 40 percent by the Shell Transport and Trading Co. Executives of the operating group were drawn from the boards of each holding company.
		A FTSE spokeswoman said Royal Dutch Shell's weighting in the FTSE 100 index was 9.3 per cent during the morning, compared to 10.1 per cent for rival oil major BP.
		Shell "A" shares, which originate from the oil company's former Dutch parent, fell when trading opened and closed down 3.18 percent at 1,766-1/2 pence.
	www.smh.com.au /news/Business/Royal-Dutch-Shell-shares-fall-on-debut/2005/07/21/1121539059086.html (783 words)

	Grassroots Leadership - Royal Dutch/Shell
		Steve Miller of Royal Dutch/Shell offers a powerful model of what leadership means -- a recognition that commitment and creativity come from all parts and all levels of an organization.
		With a current market capitalization of $178 billion, $128 billion in annual revenues, 101,000 employees, and operations in 130 countries around the globe, Royal Dutch/Shell is often cited as one of the world's largest businesses - but never as one of the fastest.
		Miller had observed Shell's efforts to transform itself one layer of management at a time, and he concluded that he would have to reach around the resistant bureaucracy and involve those at the front lines of the company.
	www.fastcompany.com /online/14/grassroots.html (2969 words)

	HELLO! Royalty
		Situated on the outskirts of the west coast city of The Hague- home of the Dutch government - 17th-century Huis ten Bosch Palace is the principal residence of the Dutch royal family.
		The palace remained the property of the Dutch royal family until the French invasion of 1795, when the family fled into exile and Huis ten Bosch passed into the hands of the State.
		It took six years of restoration before the palace was finally habitable again in 1956, and the gardens were laid out as a gift from the nation to Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard.
	www.hellomagazine.com /royalty/netherlands/palace.html (2969 words)

	Guardian Unlimited The Guardian Bitter princess turns on Dutch royal family
		The Dutch prime minister was forced yesterday to intervene in a row engulfing the country's normally staid royal family after the queen's embittered niece appeared on television and threatened to sue her aunt for tens of millions of pounds in damages for defamation.
		This, the princess claims, involved the royal family releasing confidential and embarrassing material to the press which was obtained by bugging her home and photocopying her husband's private papers.
		The princess's husband has often joined her attacks, claiming that he was subjected to "psychological terror" by the royals and was routinely snubbed.
	www.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,3604,908210,00.html (597 words)

	CNN.com - Princess sues Dutch spies - Mar. 11, 2003
		Dutch Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende has intervened, confirming Van Zujdewijn was vetted as part of routine procedures for anyone marrying into the royal family but denied other secret bugging.
		A princess in the Dutch royal family has filed a criminal complaint against the nation's secret service and a former prime minister.
		Among the allegations, she said the Dutch queen recorded a conversation with her and that the queen's father had a 20-year affair.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/03/11/dutch.royals (661 words)

	CNN.com - Dutch royals defended over satire - Nov. 12, 2003
		The Dutch royal family's woes may not appear as bad as those currently experienced by their British cousins -- Prince Charles is at the center of swirling speculation over allegations made by a former servant.
		Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende leapt to the defense of the House of Orange last week protesting satirical programs had gone too far in targeting the royal family.
		The Dutch royal family has found itself at the center of a storm over whether it needs protecting against satire.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/11/11/dutch.royals (337 words)

	Royal Dutch/Shell -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		An original investor, the largest single shareholder of Royal Dutch/Shell is the holding company owned by the (Click link for more info and facts about Dutch Royal Family) Dutch Royal Family, which was set up by Queen (Click link for more info and facts about Wilhelmina of the Netherlands) Wilhelmina of the Netherlands.
		One of the original (Click link for more info and facts about Seven Sisters) Seven Sisters, Royal Dutch/Shell is the world's third largest oil company by revenue, and a major player in the petrochemical industry and the (Energy from the sun that is converted into thermal or electrical energy) solar energy business.
		Although to meet company law in all countries there are nominated directors, the Shell Group of Companies is in fact run by an executive body called the "Committee of Managing Directors", whose members are chosen from the overall group.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/royal_dutchshell1.htm (1056 words)

	Telegraph News Princess 'takes revenge' on Dutch royal family
		The disclosure is seen as an act of revenge by the princess on the fiercely- private Dutch royal family for her ostracisation after marrying a commoner.
		Observers say the princess's husband resented royal acceptance of the marriage of Crown Prince William Alexander when his bride, Maxima, was a member of Argentina's former military junta.
		Even when they are included as guests at royal parties, members of the family "constantly continue to converse when my husband is trying to speak", she said.
	news.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/02/14/wdutch14.xml (503 words)

	Royal Dutch Wedding
		The 34-year-old Prince of Orange (the royal color) and heir to the Dutch throne married Maxima Zorreguieta, 30.
		Dutch Crown Prince, Willem-Alexander, married Argentine, Maxima Zorreguieta, in a regal ceremony in Amsterdam that drew royalty and nobility from around the world.
		The big news of the day was the royal Dutch wedding of the Prince of Orange and his Argentine bride in Amsterdam.
	www.biblenews1.com /history2/20020202.htm (1205 words)

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