YUKOS Slides Toward Collapse as Unit Sold
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Russia's top oil exporter, YUKOS , slid  closer to collapse after it lost its main production unit to a  mystery buyer in a forced auction and its crude shipments  started to slow.
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Yukos shares completed a full circle on Thursday, falling below $1 for the first time in more than four years. Shares in Russia&#39;s biggest oil producer, which went from market pariah to its
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Russia&#39;s embattled oil giant Yukos raised the white flag and said it would seek &quot;liquidation or bankruptcy&quot; after the forced government sale of its key oilfield next month, the company said yesterday.
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YUKOS and its investors were left guessing as to Russia's next move Monday after its main oil production unit was sold off to Baikal Finance Group, a mystery firm registered in a provincial city.
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Russia has sold the heart of the Yukos empire in an auction reminiscent of the country&#39;s notorious privatizations of the 1990s, analysts said Monday, as the former CEO of the oil company offered bitter season&#39;s greetings to the Kremlin from
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The Russian government will sell a majority stake in the main production unit of the embattled Yukos oil company at an auction scheduled for Dec. 19, the Interfax news agency reported Friday.
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Russian oil giant Yukos teetered nearer to collapse as the company said its shareholders would vote on whether the company should file for bankruptcy or liquidation next month.
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MOSCOW, December 19 - Russia completed the dismantling of Yukos Oil today, selling off the country&#39;s largest oil subsidiary to a company that was essentially unheard of until three days ago.
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NEW YORK, December 22  - Russiaâs gas giant, Gazprom (GAZ.FSE), said yesterday that it had sold the holding structure that took part in the sale of Yukoâs main production unit two days before the auction, in a move aimed at avoiding
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Yukos has lost its main asset, Yuganskneftegaz, sold in an auction held by the Russian Fund of Federal Property, for $9.35 billion.
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Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) said it had recommended that a core asset of the oil giant Yukos be sold at between 14.7 and 17.3 billion dollars, higher than a state valuation released this week.
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YUKOS and its investors were left  guessing as to Russia's next move Monday after its main oil  production unit was sold off to Baikal Finance Group, a mystery  firm registered in a provincial city.
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The Russian government plans to sell a majority stake in the main production unit of the embattled Yukos oil company at an auction scheduled for December 19, the Interfax news agency reported Friday.
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Russian oil major Yukos is expected to face the auction of its main subsidiary by the end of the month at a price far lower than its estimated worth, a move analysts say could ruin the company and destroy the equity of minority shareholders.
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MOSCOW : A top Western bank asked to value Yukos&#39;s core asset said the Russian government chose the lowest price possible for a planned sale of the oil giant&#39;s crown jewel in a move that has shaken investors.
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Russia said on Friday it would go ahead and sell Yuganskneftegaz, the main oil production unit of YUKOS, despite a US bankruptcy court order seeking to block Sunday&#39;s auction for 10 days.
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YUKOS has reported a net loss of US$2.65 billion (£1.45bn) for the first half of 2004, a period of record oil prices, prompting speculation that the Russian oil firm is on the verge of declaring bankruptcy.