2014年10月22日
oil - has come to a halt due to Western sanctions.
Christophe de Margerie leaves a large gap to be filled. He was a hugely influential figure in the global energy industry and a colourful and instantly recognisable character.
For colleagues as well as family, there's no question that it's a huge loss. But already the markets appear to think the company will cope. The board is seen as strong and a wobble in the share price seems to have been no more than that.紅葡萄酒
It is significant that Mr de Margerie was in Moscow. He took the view that the energy industry needed to go to difficult places. Russia is a prime example. A Total project there - a joint venture with Russia's Lukoil to explore for shale oil - has come to a halt due to Western sanctions.
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Mr de Margerie, 63, had been chief executive of Europe's third largest oil company since 2007. He was highly regarded within the oil industry.
His trademark handlebar earned him the nickname "Big Moustache", and his was one of the most recognisable faces of the global oil industry.
More recently, he had become an outspoken critic of European sanctions against Russia, arguing that such actions would simply push Russia closer to China.
Total is one of the biggest foreign investors in Russia and is planning to double its output from the country by 2020.
The oil giant is France's second biggest listed company. It is not clear who will take over as Total's boss, but the company has announced that a board meeting will be held as soon as possible.
A statement from the office of French President Francois Hollande said: "Christophe de Margerie dedicated his life to French industry and to building up the Total group. He made it into one of the very top global companies
"Francois Hollande cherished Christophe de Margerie's inde
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For colleagues as well as family, there's no question that it's a huge loss. But already the markets appear to think the company will cope. The board is seen as strong and a wobble in the share price seems to have been no more than that.紅葡萄酒
It is significant that Mr de Margerie was in Moscow. He took the view that the energy industry needed to go to difficult places. Russia is a prime example. A Total project there - a joint venture with Russia's Lukoil to explore for shale oil - has come to a halt due to Western sanctions.
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Mr de Margerie, 63, had been chief executive of Europe's third largest oil company since 2007. He was highly regarded within the oil industry.
His trademark handlebar earned him the nickname "Big Moustache", and his was one of the most recognisable faces of the global oil industry.
More recently, he had become an outspoken critic of European sanctions against Russia, arguing that such actions would simply push Russia closer to China.
Total is one of the biggest foreign investors in Russia and is planning to double its output from the country by 2020.
The oil giant is France's second biggest listed company. It is not clear who will take over as Total's boss, but the company has announced that a board meeting will be held as soon as possible.
A statement from the office of French President Francois Hollande said: "Christophe de Margerie dedicated his life to French industry and to building up the Total group. He made it into one of the very top global companies
"Francois Hollande cherished Christophe de Margerie's inde
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2014年09月30日
disconnect between his rosy perceptions
The speech "seemed at times more plucked from a black-and-white fantasy than the more complex reality" and highlighted a "disconnect between his rosy perceptions and what's attainable", the newspaper added.
For the New York Times, the speech was "almost entirely a rehash of the same tired argument that everything's going just fine" and evidence that his thinking was similar to that of President Richard Nixon during the disastrous Vietnam War investment immigration
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"A president who seems less in touch with reality than Richard Nixon needs to get out more," the newspaper's editorial said.
According to the Washington Post, Mr Bush "continues to understate the magnitude of the challenge" in Iraq.
"Every plan the administration has prepared, starting with the original invasion, has been based on overly optimistic assumptions and insufficient resources," it said.
The strategy, it argued, assumed there would be a series of successes over the next year which would "approach the miraculous" alexander hera pre wedding.
Reality check
The Los Angeles Times saw the speech as a sign the Bush administration was changing its thinking on Iraq.
"President Bush seemed to accept the hard realities both on the ground in Iraq and politically in the United States by pledging a smaller American force," it said.
"In many ways his speech was an artful domestic tightrope walk, one in which he forcefully rejected his critics' calls for an immediate troop pullout - or even a timetable for one - and repeated the applause lines cherished by his core supporters
For the New York Times, the speech was "almost entirely a rehash of the same tired argument that everything's going just fine" and evidence that his thinking was similar to that of President Richard Nixon during the disastrous Vietnam War investment immigration
.
"A president who seems less in touch with reality than Richard Nixon needs to get out more," the newspaper's editorial said.
According to the Washington Post, Mr Bush "continues to understate the magnitude of the challenge" in Iraq.
"Every plan the administration has prepared, starting with the original invasion, has been based on overly optimistic assumptions and insufficient resources," it said.
The strategy, it argued, assumed there would be a series of successes over the next year which would "approach the miraculous" alexander hera pre wedding.
Reality check
The Los Angeles Times saw the speech as a sign the Bush administration was changing its thinking on Iraq.
"President Bush seemed to accept the hard realities both on the ground in Iraq and politically in the United States by pledging a smaller American force," it said.
"In many ways his speech was an artful domestic tightrope walk, one in which he forcefully rejected his critics' calls for an immediate troop pullout - or even a timetable for one - and repeated the applause lines cherished by his core supporters
2014年05月28日
pushing researchers to extend
And there have been a small number of cases of people dying from Mers who have no known relationship with camels.
"We do have these sporadic cases where there is no known exposure to known cases and we question where do they catch the virus," he told BBC News.
"In some cases there was animal contact or camel contact but in others not, so there is no clear definitive picture yet."
Dr Briese says that other species, including goats and sheep, have been tested but haven't shown antibodies indicating exposure.
Another report showed that the geographic distribution of the disease in camels is far more widespread than previously thought, with significant reservoirs in Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tunisia.
Adding to the Mers mystery, there have been no reports of people dying from the respiratory infection in these areas preamp.
These unknowns, says Dr Briese, are pushing researchers to extend the search for the Mers coronavirus to domestic animals
The virus that is circulating in humans is the same as the one found in camels 牙齒矯正
"The others that we are looking into or are trying to look into are cats, dogs - where there is more intimate contact - and any other wild species we can get serum from that we are not currently getting."
The issue of how to tackle Mers will be on the agenda here in Paris, at the congress of the world organisation for animal health (OIE).
Addressing this meeting of veterinarians and ministers, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Margaret Chan also struck a note of caution on the role of camels in the spread of the disease.
"Our current concern, of course, is about the human cases of Mers. I thank OIE for a very balanced scientific assessment on the possible role of camels in the transmission cycle.
"The evidence, however, is by no means conclusive and we need to know this as we issue advice to the public."
One of the biggest worries about Mers is that the virus will mutate and become more easily spread among humans. So far there is no evidence that has happened.
"It can happen at any time - mutations occur randomly," said Dr Briese.
"The larger the numbers the higher the probability. That's the point of trying to stem these human infections."
"We do have these sporadic cases where there is no known exposure to known cases and we question where do they catch the virus," he told BBC News.
"In some cases there was animal contact or camel contact but in others not, so there is no clear definitive picture yet."
Dr Briese says that other species, including goats and sheep, have been tested but haven't shown antibodies indicating exposure.
Another report showed that the geographic distribution of the disease in camels is far more widespread than previously thought, with significant reservoirs in Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tunisia.
Adding to the Mers mystery, there have been no reports of people dying from the respiratory infection in these areas preamp.
These unknowns, says Dr Briese, are pushing researchers to extend the search for the Mers coronavirus to domestic animals
The virus that is circulating in humans is the same as the one found in camels 牙齒矯正
"The others that we are looking into or are trying to look into are cats, dogs - where there is more intimate contact - and any other wild species we can get serum from that we are not currently getting."
The issue of how to tackle Mers will be on the agenda here in Paris, at the congress of the world organisation for animal health (OIE).
Addressing this meeting of veterinarians and ministers, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Margaret Chan also struck a note of caution on the role of camels in the spread of the disease.
"Our current concern, of course, is about the human cases of Mers. I thank OIE for a very balanced scientific assessment on the possible role of camels in the transmission cycle.
"The evidence, however, is by no means conclusive and we need to know this as we issue advice to the public."
One of the biggest worries about Mers is that the virus will mutate and become more easily spread among humans. So far there is no evidence that has happened.
"It can happen at any time - mutations occur randomly," said Dr Briese.
"The larger the numbers the higher the probability. That's the point of trying to stem these human infections."
2014年04月17日
Russia's annexation wonder hammer
Russia's annexation of Crimea has led some to wonder whether any other former Soviet countries could follow. The separatist region of Trans-Dniester has already offered itself to Moscow - a request which Russia has promised to consider.Meet New Friends
"It's been getting much worse in the past few months," said a mother of two who didn't want to give her real name and called herself Anna.Speed Dating
"They have closed, let me see...." she counts on her fingers. "Eight blogging sites. The secret police are so active now."
We were having coffee in the centre of dermes Tiraspol, capital of the tiny, unrecognised state of Trans-Dniester that lives in a time-warped other age.
Teams of workers tend street flowerbeds.
A statue of Lenin stands in the main square and a red and green national flag with a small yellow hammer a sickle in the corner flies from the roof of an ugly parliament building - known as the Supreme Soviet.
"It's been getting much worse in the past few months," said a mother of two who didn't want to give her real name and called herself Anna.Speed Dating
"They have closed, let me see...." she counts on her fingers. "Eight blogging sites. The secret police are so active now."
We were having coffee in the centre of dermes Tiraspol, capital of the tiny, unrecognised state of Trans-Dniester that lives in a time-warped other age.
Teams of workers tend street flowerbeds.
A statue of Lenin stands in the main square and a red and green national flag with a small yellow hammer a sickle in the corner flies from the roof of an ugly parliament building - known as the Supreme Soviet.
