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US natural gas prices to soar, says Shell
The oil and gas group?s chief executive, Peter Voser, says it forecasts prices to double by 2015 on the back of growing US domestic demand

Investors sue Vivendi and its former chief
Sixty-seven investors are suing the group and Jean-Marie Messier for ?644.5m in a dispute over claims they misled investors between 2000 and 2002

Spain?s pain becomes Europe?s big fear
Fears about contagion from Greece and worries about the health of Spanish banks have shifted the focus of the crisis from Athens to Madrid

Fondiaria-Sai spurns buyout suitors
Italian insurer plans to push on with a complex four-way merger that will create a company better able to take on market leader Generali

Bidding starts in ING Asia auction
MetLife, Prudential, and Manulife are expected to make first round bids for all of the Dutch group?s $6bn Asian insurance operations

Barnier needs to choose his battleground
The regulator must choose the right strategy and select his targets carefully if his campaign against banking industry excess is to succeed

EADS plagued by A380 headaches
Fixing the wing problem on the Airbus-made aircraft that is capable of carrying 550 passengers is proving to be more complex than anticipated

Spain hit by rise in bad bank loans
Value of bad loans held by banking sector increased a third during the past year to ?148bn and accounted for 8.4% of their entire loan portfolios

Chinese wine
Competition is getting tough in world?s fifth biggest wine market as domestic companies battle foreign brands

DSM to acquire Canadian nutrition group
Dutch company in $530m deal for Ocean Nutrition Canada, a producer of fatty acids used in products aimed at health-conscious consumers

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