Deals with the devils & More

Peter Foster: Deals with the devils -- when China and similar repressive regimes come calling to buy


Joe Oliver: Merge market regulators -- separating the wires from the power supply


Both of the above articles are worth reading. NJC


Diane Francis: What's behind Xstrata's bid for Falconbridge Financial Post, Aug. 16, 05



Jon Harding: Soaring costs may scupper new oilsands projects -- Risks are rising: expert Financial Post, Aug. 16, 05

"The projects I'd place a higher probability on of meeting their scheduled startups are the ones that already have an established presence -- such as [. . . . ]

Search: Suncor Energy , Shell Canada , Kearl Lake , Imperial , ExxonMobil , "Bob Dunbar, former head of research at the Canadian Energy Research Institute and now a consultant to oilsands companies" , "Cheryl Knight, chief executive of the Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada" , Canadian Natural Resources Ltd , Imperial Oil , Husky's , Total SA's , UTS Energy Corp. , Petro-Canada's

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