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Article: What the Sunday Business Papers Said
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 8, 2001
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The Independent on Sunday
Shell has lost an eight-year battle with one of its own petrol
station operators over allegations that it misrepresented the profits
potential franchisees could make.
John Sulley, the former chief executive of Independent Energy
Group, has tabled an audacious bid for the generation and resource
assets of the collapsed company.
Barclays faces a large write-off after it emerged that it has
loans outstanding to one of the companies at the centre of the
Californian energy crisis, which has already rocked two of America's
biggest banks.
Abbey National, the high-street bank whose future looks up for
grabs, has quietly ditched the umbrella logo on its new stores, and ...