Oil industry is booming again as WTI crude rose to a two week high in anticipation for an increase in demand for fuel due to better than expected U.S. employment gains. In this oil sector, Total SA (TOT) appears to be a good option for investors for

BEIJING, June 13 (Reuters) - China's financial institutions, including banks, attracted a total of $1.67 billion in foreign equity investment in the first quarter of 2013, according to data released by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SA

Below are the top beverages-brewers stocks on the NYSE in terms of cash.Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE: BUD) had $13.88 billion in total cash and $44.34 billion in total debt for the latest quarter.Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V.

MUMBAI, June 6 (Reuters) - India's Reliance Industries Ltd , which has three joint ventures for shale gas in the United States, expects production there to account for more than a third of its aggregate production this year, Chairman Mukesh Ambani sa

MUMBAI, June 6 (Reuters) - India's Reliance Industries Ltd , which has three joint ventures for shale gas in the United States, expects production there to account for more than a third of its aggregate production this year, Chairman Mukesh Ambani sa

MUMBAI, June 6 (Reuters) - India's Reliance Industries Ltd , which has three joint ventures for shale gas in the United States, expects production there to account for more than a third of its aggregate production this year, Chairman Mukesh Ambani sa

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PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) - Total SA's Christophe de Margerie, who faces a possible trial over alleged bribes in Iran, has been dogged by legal investigations and market scepticism during his six years at the top of Europe's third-largest oil group.

PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) - Total SA's Christophe de Margerie, who faces a possible trial over alleged bribes in Iran, has been dogged by legal investigations and market scepticism during his six years at the top of Europe's third-largest oil group.

PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) - Total SA's Christophe de Margerie, who faces a possible trial over alleged bribes in Iran, has been dogged by legal investigations and market scepticism during his six years...

PARIS (Reuters) - Total SA's Christophe de Margerie, who faces a possible trial over alleged bribes in Iran, has been dogged by legal investigations and market skepticism during his six years at the top of Europe's third-largest oil group.

Total SA'sChristophe de Margerie, who faces a possible trial over alleged bribes in Iran, has been dogged by legal investigations and market skepticism during his six years at the top of Europe's third-largest oil group.

PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) - Total SA's Christophe de Margerie, who faces a possible trial over alleged bribes in Iran, has been dogged by legal investigations and market scepticism during his six years at the top of Europe's third-largest oil group.

PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) - Total SA's Christophe de Margerie, who faces a possible trial over alleged bribes in Iran, has been dogged by legal investigations and market scepticism during his six years...

PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) - Total SA's Christophe de Margerie, who faces a possible trial over alleged bribes in Iran, has been dogged by legal investigations and market scepticism during his six years at the top of Europe's third-largest oil group.

PARIS, May 29 (Reuters) - Total SA's Christophe de Margerie, who faces a possible trial over alleged bribes in Iran, has been dogged by legal investigations and market scepticism during his six years at the top of Europe's third-largest oil group.

PARIS/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Total SA agreed to pay $398.2 million to settle U.S. criminal and civil allegations that it paid bribes to win oil and gas contracts in Iran, and a French prosecutor has recommended that the company and its chief executive

French oil giant Total SA (TOT) said Wednesday that it has approved a 1 billion euro ($1.29 billion) project to modernize its Antwerp refining and petrochemical platform, the company's largest in Europe.

Qatar Petroleum agreed to take a 15% stake in the Total SA (TOT) oil and gas exploration project in Congo, both companies said in a joint statement Wednesday.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - SkyWest Inc , the world's largest regional airline group, agreed to buy at least 40 new jets from Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA , in a deal that could climb to 200 aircraft and a total price tag of more than $8 billion.

SAO PAULO, May 21 (Reuters) - SkyWest Inc, the world's largest regional airline group, agreed to buy at least 40 new jets from Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA, in a deal that could climb to 200 aircraft and a total price tag of more than $8 billion.

SAO PAULO, May 21 (Reuters) - SkyWest Inc, the world's largest regional airline group, agreed to buy at least 40 new jets from Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA, in a deal that could climb to 200 aircraft and a total price tag of more than $8 billion.

SAO PAULO, May 21 (Reuters) - SkyWest Inc, the world's largest regional airline group, agreed to buy at least 40 new jets from Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA, in a deal that could climb to 200 aircraft and a total price tag of more than $8 billion.

French oil major Total SA's (TOT) chairman and chief executive, Christophe de Margerie, Friday confirmed the group's medium-term production targets.

French oil major Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) Thursday said it was awarded ten exploration licenses on several blocks in Brazil, during the country's 11th oil and gas exploration auctions.

Itau Unibanco Holding SA (ITUB), Brazil's second-largest bank by assets, on Tuesday said its quarterly profit increased slightly due to the slow rise of its total outstanding loans in the period because of the weak economy activity.

French oil company Total SA said it is working to overcome a 2% decline in its oil and gas production in the first quarter, in part by expanding investment in the North Sea, part of a broader resurgence of development in the area.

Oil and gas company Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) Friday said it remained confident in achieving its targets despite posting a 7% drop in its first-quarter profit due to lower production and oil prices.

Oil and gas company Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) Friday said it remained confident in achieving its targets despite posting a 7% drop in its first-quarter profit due to lower production and oil prices.

A final report of the gas leak incident which forced oil and gas major Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) to evacuate its North Sea platform of Elgin last year is to be issued within weeks and conclude as the cause a mechanical failure due to stress corrosion, th

French company Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) still expects its oil and gas output to grow 3% on average on an annual basis between 2011 and 2015, and then sees accelerated growth after 2017 as new projects come on stream, the head of the exploration and prod

Lebanon has shortlisted 46 international oil firms, including U.S. giant ExxonMobil Corp. (XOM), Chevron Corp. (CVX) and France's Total SA (TOT), for its first oil and natural gas licensing round in its Mediterranean coastal waters, the Petroleum Adm

April 17 (Reuters) - Shares in oil companies Tullow Oil , Royal Dutch Shell and Total SA, fell after a well in offshore French Guiana did not find significant hydrocarbons.

April 17 (Reuters) - Shares in oil companies Tullow Oil , Royal Dutch Shell and Total SA, fell after a well in offshore French Guiana did not find significant hydrocarbons.

April 17 (Reuters) - Shares in oil companies Tullow Oil , Royal Dutch Shell and Total SA, fell after a well in offshore French Guiana did not find significant hydrocarbons.

Multiplan SA, a Brazilian shopping mall operator, raised a total 705 million reais ($351 million) from the sale of new shares in a follow-on offering, according to securities regulator CVM's Website. The company sold 10.8 million shares at a price of

French oil giant Total SA (TOT) Thursday said it has agreed to sell its stake in the Voyageur partnership for $500 million to Suncor Energy Inc. (SU) after the two groups agreed not to proceed with a plan to build a multibillion-dollar upgrader facil

Greece's Piraeus Bank SA (TPEIR.AT) has agreed Tuesday to acquire the Greek branch network and operations of three Cypriot lenders for a total cash consideration of 524 million euros ($673.9 million) as part of a bailout agreement for the crisis-hit

KAMPALA Uganda--France's Total SA (TOT) is pressing the Ugandan government to approve the construction of a crude export pipeline ahead of the planned development of the country's vast oil reserves in the Lake Albertine Rift Basin, a company spokeswo

Total SA (TOT) said Wednesday it has received approval from the U.K. offshore oil and gas safety regulator on the revised safety case for its North Sea gas field Elgin and is working to restart the field as soon as possible.

The regulator of the U.K.'s offshore oil and gas industry said Wednesday that it has accepted the safety case submitted by French oil company Total SA (TOT) for the restart of the Elgin gas field in the North Sea, which was shut down because of a gas

CNOOC (NYSE: CEO) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Nexen (NYSE: NXY). Total consideration of approximately US$15.1 billion has been paid for Nexen's common and preferred shares. (Logo: http://www.prnasia.com/sa/200701301659.jp

Indonesia's PT Indika Energy Tbk will buy a 10 percentstake in West Papua oil and gas block from Indonesian unit ofFrench oil major Total SA, Total said on Thursday.

LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - AZ Electronic Materials SA : * FY total revenue of US$793.9M (up 2% at constant currencies1 * Profit after tax and basic earnings per share up 2% on alike-for-like basis * Profit after tax 134.7 million STG versus 134.1 mil

State-controlled miner KGHM Polska Miedz SA (KGH.WA) said Friday it expects its net profit from its core operations in Poland to total 3.2 billion zloty ($1.02 billion), significantly less than what it expects to earn in 2012, as the company is condu

The ban on shale gas fracturing in France should be lifted, Total SA's (TOT) Chairman and Chief Executive Christophe de Margerie said Friday.

European stocks were mixed Wednesday, with stronger-than-expected euro-zone industrial-production data and retail-sales data from the U.S. in focus, while earnings reports from heavyweights such as Total SA and Heineken NV also drew attention.

European stock markets showed mixed moves on Wednesday, ahead of industrial-production data from the euro zone and retail-sales data from the U.S., while earnings reports from heavyweights such as Total SA and Heineken NV also were in focus.

Total SA (NYSE: TOT) posted a 13% gain in its fourth-quarter profit.Total's quarterly adjusted net profit climbed to 3.08 billion euros ($4.14 billion), versus EUR2.73 billion, in the year-ago period. However, analysts were expecting a net profit of

(Reuters) - SunPower Corp , majority-owned by Total SA , reported a wider fourth-quarter net loss as it took charges related to the restructuring of its businesses, and said it expects revenue for...