The Times: Need to Know: Global Business Briefing: “analysts dismissing weekend reports that Total, its French rival, could launch a takeover bid” (ShellNews.net)

By Neelam Verjee and Joe Bolger

August 17, 2004  

Shares in Royal Dutch/Shell, the Anglo-Dutch oil major, gained 2 per cent despite analysts dismissing weekend reports that Total, its French rival, could launch a takeover bid.