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From JD Sports to Games Workshop: best market performers of decade

Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Standard Chartered and BP among the laggards over the past 10 years

Simon Goodley

01, Jan, 2020 @3:09 PM

Shell doubles profits but faces multibillion-dollar Dutch quake bill

Compensation claims over tremors linked to Netherlands gasfields dents strong earnings for 2017

Adam Vaughan

01, Feb, 2018 @3:40 PM

BG chief paid £5.5m for 12-month stint at firm

Helge Lund received sum, which does not include £9.7m of shares, after short tenure at oil firm that was later taken over by Shell

Jill Treanor

10, Jul, 2016 @3:01 PM

Mergers and acquisitions boom driven by £35bn Shell deal

Value of takeovers by foreign firms reached £49.4bn between January and March, the highest since the second quarter of 2007

Julia Kollewe

07, Jun, 2016 @11:21 AM

Shell upgrades savings from BG deal

Britain’s biggest company says cost savings of takeover will be $4.5bn, up from an earlier estimate of $3.5bn

Sean Farrell

07, Jun, 2016 @7:47 AM

Shell to close three UK offices housing 1,600 staff

Oil company announces closure of sites including BG’s headquarters in Reading following takeover earlier this year

Nick Fletcher

25, Apr, 2016 @12:56 PM

Shell vows to sell $10bn extra assets as profits plunge 87%

Collapse in oil price hammers profits as BG takeover looms but CEO pledges not to conduct a fire sale or cut more jobs

Terry Macalister Energy editor

04, Feb, 2016 @10:43 AM

£35bn Shell takeover approved by BG shareholders

The cash-and-shares deal will create a major new oil and gas group in Europe to rival ExxonMobil in the US

Terry Macalister

28, Jan, 2016 @8:50 PM

EDF still at table but nuclear could be critical for Osborne

The UK’s nuclear energy strategy will be in meltdown if the French pull out of Hinkley. The best guess is, they’ll find the cash

Nils Pratley

27, Jan, 2016 @7:10 PM

Shell shareholders vote for BG Group takeover despite opposition

More than 80% of investors support deal, but Shell chief Ben van Beurden must win BG investors’ backing to complete merger

Terry Macalister Energy editor

27, Jan, 2016 @2:25 PM

Shell’s plan to take over BG is still in the pipeline

Despite the plunging oil price, no one wants to rock the boat with the powerful Anglo-Dutch firm