Energy officials urge access to Yukos accounts
Moscow officials pressed to grant Yukos access to frozen bank accounts to avert disruption as the oil giant faces a $1.6 billion default notice and possible bankruptcy. Bailiffs freeze funds to collect a $3.4 billion 2000 tax claim amid Khodorkovsky’s political disputes and broader Russia oil supply fears.
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Yukos
Moscow
Russia
Sergei Oganesyan
Federal Energy Agency
Dow Jones
Oganesyan
Energy and Industry Ministry
van Pekhonen
Justice Ministry
Kremlin
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Ria-Novosti
Energy Ministry
Menatep
Khodorkovsky
El Paso targets ex employees in gas trading probe
Houston authorities expand a grand jury investigation into potential manipulation of natural gas prices by up to ten former El Paso Corp traders and supervisors. One former trader, Todd Geiger, has pleaded guilty to reporting fake trades for the Inside FERC Gas Market Report and cooperating with prosecutors.
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Geiger
FERC
Biometrics gain slow stride at Statue of Liberty lockers
At the statue's reopened lockers visitors use fingerprint readers to rent and reopen lockers. Some praise ease while others find the process clumsy and memory heavy. iris and facial scans also appear in hotels and groceries as biometric gates expand. Local traveler Yu Sheng Lee calls it easy, but critics note delays and confusion.
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New York
Statue of Liberty
Yu-Sheng Lee
Lee
Nine Zero
Boston
Piggly Wiggly Co
South
Joseph Kim
International Biometric Group
Stephen Chemsak
Japan
Connecticut
Elias Roman
Toys 'R' Us eyes split of toy and baby divisions
Wayne NJ AP report notes Toys R Us exploring sale of its global toy business and its e commerce arm, plus a spinoff of Babies R Us. The chain intends a major restructuring to cut operating and capital expenses, aiming to lean the global toy unit and boost cash generation.
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Toys ‘R’ Us
Wayne, N.J
Toys “R” Us Inc
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Wal-Mart
R’ Us
John Eyler
Toy and Babies
R” Us
Toys “R” Us
Wayne
Babies
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