Western-based oil company Royal Dutch Shell says it hopes to quickly repair and resume production in an oil pipeline in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region that was attacked by militants Friday. Gilbert da Costa reports the attack has raised concerns of more violence against Nigeria’s oil industry. More: continued here
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Read More »FBI issues warning of ‘soldier’ e-mail fraud (Sun-Sentinel)
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Just a month ago, the guy in charge of Skype finally admitted that eBay had given up trying to find the mythical “synergies” between eBay and Skype as the few they had suggested turned out not to exist. More:
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