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...people of Nigeria, the people of the Amazon, who could not be here today, to do our best to draw attention to Shell's 100 years of destruction," he added...
...future could be even brighter. Only 30% of Brazil's proven oil reserves are developed, and Petrobras has first call on much of the rest. The volume of those reserves is expected to grow substantially as the company explores the vast Amazon Basin and oil pools off the Atlantic coast. Petrobras has become a leader in drilling deepwater, offshore wells in the so-called Campos Basin off the coast of Rio de Janeiro. Now the company is looking into joint ventures with 56 potential foreign partners, including Exxon, Shell and British Gas, which would allow expanded exploration around the country...
Bezos scoffs at the B&N challenge, assuring the world--before descending into his required pre-IPO cone of silence--that Amazon's paper-thin overhead and laser-like Web focus will make it difficult for anyone to match it on price. Amazon doesn't carry the hefty cost of those comfy B&N superstores; for the most part, it just orders titles from warehousers and publishers on your behalf...
Still, the Web's radical efficiencies present Amazon with a classic start-up's dilemma: if the service offered is so easy that a couple of hundred computer jocks can pull it off, it should be equally easy for a billion-dollar behemoth to shoulder you off the road--so better stay ahead every mile of the race...
...begins the great Web retailing bout: nimble new-media entrepreneurs in this corner, lumbering old-media giants in the other. The Amazon IPO, nervously timed to precede Barnes & Noble's online debut, will help divine which contender Wall Street expects to land the first blow...