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Meanwhile, PetroChina may dramatically expand its holdings in Sudan as part of a multibillion-dollar restructuring deal with its parent company, China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC...
...York Stock Exchange in 2000, the company promised investors that none of the capital raised from the initial public offering would end up in the coffers of the Sudanese regime. The company asserted that a “firewall” separated its assets from those of its parent company—and that the Sudanese holdings would remain in CNPC’s hands...
Moreover, NBC is still the cash cow of a media powerhouse that should provide its parent, General Electric, with nearly $2.5 billion in profits this year. Still, "the playing field has considerably leveled," says Leland Westerfield, a media analyst at the investment firm Harris Nesbitt. "This is NBC's first year of rebuilding, and the appearance of anything less than dominance is considered defeat...
...jackets, adaptations of comic books might be no-brainers: with the visuals already on paper, Hollywood writers and directors get to bypass the harder and, often, more imaginative steps of screen translation. But shortcutting is too often to the detriment of the films, not to mention unfair to their parent comics—the X-Men and Spiderman movies being among the rare exceptions. Hellboy, is another dark horse in this inked-up Hollywood universe, a steam-train of an adaptation that stays vividly faithful to the comic book engine underneath, even as it accommodates those whose only experience with...
...redemption of a long-estranged parent is hardly a novel plot in contemporary cinema; it has congealed to the point where every hug, tear and clumsy montage seem carefully choreographed. Refreshingly, Around the Bend reveals an organic push and pull that approaches the mostly shapeless narrative of real relationships that is only reinforced by the subtle performances of popular screen legends Christopher Walken and Sir Michael Caine...