British oil and gasoline company BP (British Petroleum) signage is being pictured in Warsaw, Poland, on July 29, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Five months ago, British energy major BP was firmly in the spotlight as a prime takeover candidate. Now, not so much. Shares of the London-listed oil giant have climbed more…
Trowbridge in Somerset, England, on March 15, 2025. Anna Barclay | Getty Images News | Getty Images Britain’s BP on Tuesday posted stronger-than-expected second-quarter profit, following a period of heightened volatility for global oil and gas prices. The struggling energy major reported underlying replacement cost profit, used as a proxy for net profit, of $2.35…
The brand logo of the mineral oil and natural gas company Shell plc can be seen at a filling station of the company in Nuremberg (Bavaria) on July 25, 2025. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Britain’s Shell on Thursday reported better-than-expected second-quarter profit and maintained the pace of its shareholder returns, despite…
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s UK Exchange newsletter by Ian King. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The dispatch Ian Holloway, one of the most eccentric managers in British football, is famous for his idioms and sayings. One of his most celebrated came when, in May 2004, his Queens Park Rangers team…
The Hofburg palace receives attendees to the July 9-10 OPEC Seminar conference in Vienna. Ruxandra Iordache | CNBC For centuries, Vienna’s romantic Hofburg palace served as a winter residence of the imperial Habsburg dynasty — this week, though, it welcomed Saudi royalty, energy ministers, top CEOs and a slew of analysts traders and more. Here are some highlights: The…
