Royal Dutch Shell
Sep 8 2008, Rahul Bhandari

Royal Dutch Shell PLC posted 18 percent upsurge in the second quarter, apparently boosted by the asset sales and increases margins at oil refineries.

Shell’s net profit surged to $8.67 billion, which is a record for quarterly earnings in...

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