Gold prices steadied near $1,640 an ounce in Europe on Tuesday as a softer tone to the dollar arrested the previous session's slide, but traders largely stuck to the sidelines ahead of a key monetary policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
BP Plc sued Argentina's Bridas Corp on Monday over a collapsed $7.06 billion asset sale, saying it is willing to pay a $700 million breakup fee so long as it will not face fraud claims arising from its conduct.
Spanish oil company Repsol threatened on Monday legal action against any investors helping newly nationalized Argentine oil company YPF develop oil resources previously discovered by the Spanish firm.
Argentine oil group YPF has cut computer links with parent Repsol, two sources familiar with the matter said Sunday.
Fearing a trade war, a Spanish oil executive is asking Madrid to take a cautious approach to how it responds to Argentina's seizure of two subsidiaries of a Spanish oil major .
In a seeming effort to profit from the latest European disaster, large investors are causing some unusual movements in the U.S. securities markets.
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Argentina's move to nationalize local oil company YPF, controlled by Spain's Repsol, was a mistake and the wrong thing to do, the head of the World Bank said on Thursday.
Argentina's plan to seize control of oil and gas company YPF SA from Spain's Repsol YPF has ended years of deliberations by China's Sinopec Group to purchase the company. The move has also caused international condemnation.
Reserves of the hard to extract, unconventional gas deposits could exceed 1,000 trillion cubic feet, experts now believe, ranking the UK alongside China, the U.S. and Argentina
Spain's Repsol YPF SA oil and natural gas company vowed Tuesday to fight Argentina's plans to nationalize Repsol's Argentine unit and Spain's government also has voiced its concerns about the plans.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez unveiled plans on Monday to seize control of leading energy company YPF, drawing swift warnings from key trade partners and risking the country's further economic isolation.
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez's government is moving forward with a plan to nationalize its largest oil company, currently owned by Spanish company Repsol, deepening a rift between Buenos Aires and Madrid.
The meeting ended on a frosty note Sunday, with the leaders of Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua all vowing to boycott next year's meeting if Cuba remains banned.
An investigation has been launched in Argentina to find the person responsible for mistakenly pronouncing a new-born baby, dead.
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A showdown over control of an oil company is pitting Argentina against its former colonial ruler, Spain. The bone of contention is an Argentinian company that the government may seize from Spanish oil major Repsol.
Chelsea’s Billionaire Russian owner Roman Abramovich has drawn up an eleven man shopping list for the Blues this summer and will effectively hand over the list to the new manager the Blues will look to appoint at the end of the season.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc is focused on improving results in China and other foreign countries where it already operates, rather than on entering new markets, its top international executive said on Thursday.
Overall, 52.6 percent of Brazilian men and 44.7 percent of women are overweight.
Manchester United has agreed to sign Nicolas Gaitan for €25 million, plus two players in part-exchange, from Benfica, according to reports in Portugal.
