THE LONDON TIMES: Need to Know: Global Business Briefing: “Royal Dutch/Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, will report its fourth-quarter results on Thursday. Analysts predict pre-tax profits of $17.4 billion (£9 billion) for the year, from $11.2 billion a year earlier.” (ShellNews.net) 31 Jan 05

January 31, 2005

BY NEELAM VERJEE, JOE BOLGER AND TOM ROUNDELL

Natural Resources

Up 1.5%

Rio Tinto, the world’s second-biggest miner, will report its annual results on Thursday, with analysts predicting pre-tax profits of $1.9 billion (£1 billion), from $2.1 billion last year.

ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest listed energy company, is today expected to report that last year it discovered as much oil and gas as it extracted.

Royal Dutch/Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil giant, will report its fourth-quarter results on Thursday. Analysts predict pre-tax profits of $17.4 billion (£9 billion) for the year, from $11.2 billion a year earlier.