The Observer (UK): Shell plays a blinder: “Once again, you have to hand it to Shell for foresight, intuition and perspicacity. Alone among the world's big oil companies, Shell managed to end up on the losing side of the American election…”: “But then again, not very surprising for a company that manage to lose billions of dollars of its own oil reserves” (ShellNews.net) 7 Nov 04

By Frank Kane

Sunday November 7, 2004

Once again, you have to hand it to Shell for foresight, intuition and perspicacity.

Alone among the world's big oil companies, Shell managed to end up on the losing side of the American election, giving more to the Democrats than it did the (winning) Republicans, according to the US Centre for Responsive Politics.

But then again, not very surprising for a company that manage to lose billions of dollars of its own oil reserves.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1345212,00.html