Finance Links

Elsewhere on Thursday,

- Inside Greenspan’s bad dreams.

- Central bank exit strategies: fight club!

- Fiscal sustainability down on the farm.

- Sovereign debt: this…

BP is on the verge of sealing a $6bn deal for international oil and gas assets from US-based Devon Energy that could propel the oil major into the sought-after region off Brazil’s…

Tullow Oil, the UK’s largest independent oil explorer, said China’s CNOOC and Total of France are expected to each take a one-third interest in its Ugandan oil assets in Uganda…

Breaking pre-market news on Wednesday,

Glencore says net profits fell 43 per cent in 2009 – statement.

- Gulf Keystone says partner in Kurdistan in default, to pay $40m…

Ferrous Resources, the emerging Brazilian iron ore producer, has revived plans for a London flotation that could be worth $3bn-$4bn and could come to market as early as May. The…

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From Wednesday, subscribers to this…

Breaking pre-market news on Tuesday,

- Liberty International details demerger plan and announces full year results – statement and statement.

- Shanks ends takeover talks…

Another day, and another “unconventional gas” deal. The latest is a  $3.4bn joint offer by Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina for Australia’s Arrow Energy.

Arrow…

Here’s an oxymoron.

The world worries that rampant Chinese demand for commodities is pushing prices higher.

Except, according to Reuters, China’s deputy central bank governor,…

Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina have made a joint offer thought to be worth at least A$3.7bn ($3.4bn) for Arrow Energy, which holds Australia’s biggest coal-seam gas acreage….