exxon mobil finance agreement to search for new oil fields in the arctic. at the world athletic championships in south korea, a first gold for germany. >> the clock is now ticking for troops loyal to muammar gaddafi. rebel forces to now control most of the country have set a saturday deadline for gaddafi soldiers to surrender. rebels are moving closer to gaddafi's hometown. they say if no surrender>> by so peaceful indications for implementing the handover, we will decide the matter by force of arms. we do not wish to do so. but we cannot wait longer. >> nato continues to support the rebels. nato says gaddafi's men are a threat to the civilian population. >> commission will continue in full compliance with the united nations mandate for as long as it is needed. it looks as if we are nearly there, they are not there yet. >> gaddafi has still not yet been cited. many libyans are angry that members of this family were able to flee the country. his wife, a daughter, and two sons have made across the border to algeria. >> we will consider that as an aggression a

ross now have to strike some multibillion dollar deal with the world's biggest oil company exxon mobil just months after the collapse of the type of b.p. join us for more on that in our business bulletin and twenty minutes time. it's thirty pm in moscow this is coming to you live i'm nice now with our top story this hour and nato says it has no immediate plans to end its operation in libya despite the rebels now control in most of the country the alliance is continuing to bomb the town of syria the main progress afy i should say a stronghold which rebels have given until saturday to surrender meanwhile tripoli remains under rebel control but as are the notional reports but almost every youngster in the country now carrying a gun it's far from safe. hammer is a libyan rebel he got a bullet in and fighting against gadhafi soldiers in secrecy matric me with a shot coming from the same style and. i didn't even notice until my friend told me that my foot was bleeding triggered by mistake he was himself. one of the biggest stories was discovered at the top security prison in southern tripoli

between business russia has struck a multi-billion dollar deal with the world's biggest oil company exxon mobil just months after the collapse of the tie up with b.p. join us for the latest on the story business bulletin it's. a very warm welcome to you this is our live from moscow with me roll reception nato says it has no immediate plans to end its operations in libya despite the rebels now controlling most of the country here are continuing to bomb the town of sirte the main program the stronghold which rebels have given until saturday to surrender . remains under rebel control but. reports with almost every youngster in the country now carrying a gun it's far from safe. how much is a libyan rebel you got in politics and fighting against gadhafi soldiers in submission of a treaty with the shot coming from his gravestone. i didn't even notice until my friend told me that my foot was bleeding he pulled the trigger by mistake he was himself. one of the biggest stories was discovered at the slim top security prison in southern tripoli where inmates were released after nato bombed the area. of th

in terms of its global expansion ends in terms of the exchange of experience and no house with exxon mobil which is considered to be the biggest oil company in the world. ross that will hold a sixty six percent stake in the joint venture while mobile will keep the rust or softness of all that from deutsche bank believes that the significance of the deal goes well beyond russia's energy sector. now with this deal there's. greater sign of the openness of this sector with regard to foreign investment and that i think should be a trigger for greater capital inflows into russia which in turn is quite important because until recently the inflow of foreign capital was very subdued and russia's inflows of f.b.i. are still around fifty percent lower than what we've seen before the crisis so i think this could precisely be one of those triggers that could finally change the situation with respect to the capital flows issue with the structural up front. let's look at the markets now asian markets are trading mixed hong kong stocks are moving higher with key gainers among property and technology stock

good morning and we are getting more details of this agreement for instance exxon mobil will take on the most of the expenses on the first stages of a project when it comes to the development of the oil fields on russia's arctic shelf we know that they're planning to invest three point two billion dollars in oil exploration alone there and yesterday russia's prime minister was going to put it was present at the signing of this strategic cooperation agreement between the two energy giants he said back in the future the amount of the direct investment into this project could become over one hundred times bigger it's now become more clear where the prime minister got these figures from since it's estimated that the world because it's all russia's arctic shelf contain around one hundred ten billion barrels of oil now no we also know that you have to and exxon mobil are not planning to swap shares and at this stage according to the representatives of the companies and officials in russia each company is capable of fulfilling its obligations under disagreements without having to swap share

as more details of this agreement continue to emerge we now know that exxon mobil will take on most of the expenses in the first stages of the project when it comes to the development of the oil fields on russia's arctic shelf its plans about three point two billion years dollars will be invested in oil exploration alone but according to russia's prime minister vladimir putin in the end mount of direct investment into the project could become over a hundred times more in the future it is possible also supporting the lesions the deep posits on russia's arctic shelf could contain nearly five billion barrels of oil this deal is great news for which is russia's biggest oil company since it's been looking for a partner to develop these oil fields for quite some time and the multi-billion dollar deal with the british petroleum fields to go through in january under this agreement exxon mobil will also get to take part in the development of oil fields in western siberia and on the black sea and according to russia's vice premier eager to see the black sea project should grow in the future in t

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from early gains following the deal with exxon mobil gold related stocks are on the rise on stronger metal prices russia's top pharmaceutical company form standard insider on percent after it posted a fifty percent increase in net profit for the first half of this year. for now but often get you can always log on to our website. i got out of the military in one thousand nine hundred sixty six i got over because it's the same say saw the things i was doing and there's a reason said we were given for there were no it was a personal protest. during the vietnam war i mean to war movement emerge that alter the course of history this movement didn't take place on college campuses but in the barracks and on ships and penetrated elite military colleges like west point and it spread throughout the battlefields of vietnam yet today few people know about the g.i. movement against the war in vietnam. ask the army we always said free the army or fun travel and adventure but it really meant the army. the be. wealthy british style seinfeld's sometimes that's right. and the. market finance scandal f

now american oil giant exxon mobil and russia has signed a historic cooperation deal paving the way for a joint oil exploration and development from the gulf of mexico to russia's vast arctic shelf i'm now joined by our live here in moscow for more you cord so could you tell us more of the deal and what it means. this is surely quite an impressive deal which should open new opportunities both for russia's biggest oil company at all and for a u.s. energy giant exxon mobil first of all the two companies will jointly develop the oil fields on russia's arctic shelf there's something about some really impressive figures this new companies are fighting to invest three point two billion dollars in oil exploration according to russia's prime minister vladimir putin who was also there with the signing of the strategic cooperation agreement. on the size of direct investment into this project in the future could grow by over a one hundred times more that could become a one hundred times bigger this is really great news for me after which has been looking for a quarter to develop these or fuels on

energy giant exxon mobil first of all the two companies will be jointly developing the all fields on the russian arctic shelf people already talked about some really impressive figures they are planning to invest three point two billion dollars in oil exploration but according to prime minister vladimir putin who was present at the signing of this cooperation agreement between the two companies he said that in the future this figure could become over a hundred times bigger which is a really good news for us since the company has been looking for a quarter to develop the oil fields in the arctic shelf for quite some time the last set of negotiations with british petroleum fields and out of all the global energy giants out there exxon mobil has managed to make the most adequate proposal also under this agreement the american energy giants will also take part in the development of all fields on the black sea and according to russia's officials this project of the black sea project could grow in the future and. it will be part of at least six world development projects in the united stat

at exxon and mobil, we engineer smart gasoline that works at the molecular level to help your engine n more smoothly by helping remove deposits and cleaning up intake valves. so when you fill up at an exxon or mobil station, you can rest assured we help your engine run more smoothly while leaving behind cleaner emissions. it's how we make gasoline work harder for you. exxon and mobil. >>> welcome back to "first look." i'm lynn berry. and here's some of the top stories making news this morning. this august has been the deadliest month ever for u.s. forces in the long war in afghanistan. 66 service members died this month. nearly half of them when insurgents shot down a chinook helicopter. >>> libya's new rebel leadership has given forces loyal to moammar gadhafi a deadline of saturday to surrender the pockets they still control. the ultimatum comes as rebels converge on gadhafi's hometown. >>> a federal judge has blocked key provisions of a controversial new texas law that would require women seeking an abortion to view a sonogram and listen to the heartbeat of their fetus. the law was

correspondence or thank you well love loss was most certainly exxon mobil's game and we'll have more of that in our business bulletin coming up next are today. and. hello and a very warm welcome to the business update and of course the eyes of the business community are on the this huge deal between ross nafta and appeal to strike which is a multi-billion dollar deal and this deal comes just months after the collapse of the tie up with b.p. american firm will become main part known exploring for potentially huge reserves of russia's arctic shelf and turned russia's state front will group take on an exploration project including the deep water off the gulf of mexico and in texas the initial investment expected to be about three point two billion dollars but the partnership could plow as much as five hundred billion dollars into the project rosneft will hold two thoughts of the joint venture and exxon mobil. i think there's a lot of potential to this deal but there are a lot of obstacles before it comes to realisation i mean some of the obstacles obviously are environmental concerns es

and when exxon mobil and the other oil companies are subsidized by the united states government, that's ridiculous. >> greta: how does that happen? nobody thinks a rich company should be paying no tax. >> to think that if exxon had to pay tax, they would stop looking for oil is ridiculous. when you think of it, many of those company it's and i am not blaming exxon, but many companies are in cahoots with opec. that's how opec gets rid of their oil. to think that we are subsidizing the biggest oil companies in the world and giving them low taxes -- they ought to pay a lot of taxes. >> greta: it was reported that the unemployment rate for teens in the district of columbia is north of 50%. >> that's a very frightening number. if you look at tit's a horrible number. it's a very sad thing. i feel very badly about t. i is that you number. this country, look, all of our problems can be solved with a great economy. if we can get this economy roaring again, which it should be, if we can get the world to stop taking advantage of us, which they are, if we can get fuel down to $30 as opposed to $nin

energy giant exxon mobile approach which could see direct investment if not just three hundred billion dollars for one joined by a correspondent for not hello to corso welcome to would bring from both countries. well this is surely a massive deal a loss of the new and promising opportunities both for russia's biggest oil company and the u.s. energy giant exxon mobil strategic cooperation agreement which you signed opens the way for absalom or bell to take part in the development of oil fields in western siberia and in cern rawson yes well we'll get to take part in the development of oil deposits in the gulf of mexico and in texas this agreement was signed with russia's prime minister vladimir putin present there let's listen to what he had to say on this. because when you when you brought in if this corporation is a good opportunity with my russian it will get the chance to enter the u.s. market and work in the mexican gulf there will also be opportunities to work together in other food countries we're happy to have found such a reliable strategic partner and the russian government wil

at exxon and mobil, we engineer smart gasoline that works at the molecular level to help your engine n more smoothly by helping remove deposits and cleaning up intake valves. so when you fill up at an exxon or mobil station, you can rest assured we help your engine run more smoothly while leaving behind cleaner emissions. it's how we make gasoline work harder for you. exxon and mobil. [ female announcer ] sweet honey taste. 80 calories per serving. 40% daily value of fiber. i'm here in the downtown area where the crowd is growing. [ female announcer ] watching calories at breakfast never tasted this sweet... i'll go get my bowl. [ female announcer ] ...or this huge. new fiber one 80 calories. yes, you can actually love breakfast. [ applause ] >> john: we all hate traffic jams but what can be done about them? the number of cars keep rising, up by four million every year. people want the own cars and drive places. what do we do about traffic? liberal politicians and green activists say we need to pressure people to drive less, to get rid of their cars, move to public transportation. the

oil giant exxon mobil to explore for oil and gas in the two countries. representatives of the two companies signed an agreement in southern russia on tuesday. prime minister vladimir putin was also present. under the agreement, exxon mobil will join the russian company in developing oil and gas fields on the continental shelf in the arctic. the company will take part in the oil exploration projects in the gulf of mexico and texas. experts said an area of the arctic covered by the agreement contains an estimated 5 billion tons of oil reserves. the russian company had reached an agreement with major british oil company bp to develop the arctic continental shelf, but the plan fell through. >>> time to check on some of the stories we've gathered from broadcasters around asia. we begin tonight with this item sent by irib, iran, and rtm, malaysia. more than a billion muslims around the world celebrated a festival on wednesday. the event marked the end of ramadan, the muslim month of fasting, prayer and charity. in iran the leader of islamic revolution led pray

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at exxon and mobil, we engineer smart gasoline that works at the molecular level to help your engine run more smoothly by helping remove deposits and cleaning up intake valves. so when you fill up at an exxon or mobil station, you can rest assured we help your engine run more smoothly while leaving behind cleaner emissions. it's how we make gasoline work harder for you. exxon and mobil. >>> as brian wells was on the ground in that half-hour, after he robbed the bank, another man was watching everything unfold from across the street. according to an fbi affidavit, informants said a 63-year-old handyman named william rothstein was sitting in his car, eyes focused on brian wells. bill rothstein, officials later said, was the mastermind behind the entire scheme. >> i put a cut piece of green tarp down here to put his body on. >> this is bill a few months after that bank robbery. in a police evidence tape, where he is explaining to a detective how he helped a former girlfriend, marjorie diehl armstrong, dispose of a body. >> what came in first, the body or the freezer? >> the body came in.

earlier this year, but that fell through. >> tom: exxon mobil is a direct descendant of john d. rockefeller's standard oil company. rockefeller began as an entrepreneur who built an empire. many immigrants are trying to follow in those footsteps. many of the biggest u.s. brands, including apple, google, at&t , ebay, general electric, i.b.m. and mcdonald's owe their origin to a founder who was an immigrant or the child of an immigrant. one businessman in chicago is trying to make his way to that list. diane eastabrook has his story. >> this is what i imagine... >> reporter: inside this fourth floor condominium, a fledgling business empire is blossoming. >> the idea is, we're going to have a feature that sells other products. >> reporter: 27-year-old indian immigrant aksh gupta and his business partners are tweaking their year-and-a-half-old internet company timetoplaytennis.com. >> the site sells unused court time at local tennis clubs and lessons to consumers. >> reporter: gupta wants to expand into tennis equipment sales and other services. >> for consumers, it's a great way to

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now it's two global energy giants america's exxon mobile and russia and you have to have struck a multi billion dollar partnership agreement but cooperation will range from the gulf of mexico all the way to russia's vast arctic shelf the sweeping deal signed in the presence or prime minister putin of the black sea resort of sochi gives the russian company and the president i just think u.s. energy projects in turn america's the biggest oil company will participate in developing a past untapped oil reserves in russia's arctic now this puts an end to the hopes of another giant b.p. to be part of the project the state secretary to the ministry of foreign affairs of norway which also has a big share in the arctic and told us what role his country will play in the exploration of the territory. the world needs more energy and it must be taken from somebody. one of them is. promising regions norway has its you know the physical share of the articles of how to compton size extremely valuable in other. arctic regions and we've seen that the russians are inviting not only or norway in but all sor

exxon mobile is a good number two.] >> as we head into tomorrow, expect a little relief from the fog just for the coastline in the bayshores. and by noon and 4:00 p.m. i think we will see some more sunshine the temperature is 67 in san francisco tomorrow afternoon in 87 livermore. let us talk about temperatures, pretty mild as you head out the door. warming up quickly in the inland valleys because we are not expecting any fog and those locations. 81 down in san jose, take a look at more temperatures neighborhood by neighborhood. >> in the '80s for the most part through the delta. coming a little closer to average for this time of year, look at our temperatures for tomorrow. >> temperatures are pretty much where they should be for this time of year lease for tomorrow. as we head into thursday and friday, the fog returns. into saturday and sunday in a warmup in store. leading the temperatures about where they should be for this time of year. we will start to cool down a little bit with more fog returning early next week.

exxon mobil citi group because i'm talking to you and i'm talking to you as a person is after all according to mitt romney that's what you are. corporations are people my friend we can raise taxes and of course they are everything corporations are also that goes to people so what do you think it goes. tragically the supreme court agrees with it and ever since the high court handed personhood over to corporations those giving them the same rights as we the people to meddle in politics and influence lawmakers the one area these corporations of focused most on is tax dodging as i point out my book on equal protection these corporations unleashed in army of corporate lobbyists to wriggly american tax code was so many loopholes that you'd be hard pressed to find one just one corporation in america that pays any amount even close to the official top corporate tax rate in this country which is between fifteen and thirty five percent of course republicans who are wholly owned by the corporate persons argue that corporations are taxed far too much already but that's a lie as this chart shows as a pe

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hundred billion dollars into the project cross never will hold two thirds of the joint venture and exxon mobil one third. but i think there's a lot of potential to this deal but there are a lot of obstacles before it comes to realisation i mean for the obstacles obviously are environmental concerns especially in the arctic shelf political concerns as well about doing business in russia and also technical considerations because trying to drill for oil in the arctic in the freezing cold weather and also in the black sea where the with the sea is up to a mile deep all quite technically difficult so a potential jewel a really big potential jewel for exxon which is the reason why they wanted this deal so much of my b.p. wanted this deal but it's not an easy jewel to extract shall we say. and this still doesn't mean the end of problems for full marks of cantona b.p. it's because office has been raided by bailiffs following the decision by the russian arbitration court. bailiff's i mean searching for written communications between these representatives and the board of. the documents could be evidenc

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exxon mobil the deal comes just months after the collapse of the tie up with b.p. well the american firm what will become ross this mean partner in the exploring potentially huge resorts of russia's arctic shelf and russian state will take part in exploration projects in the u.s. including in the deep water of the gulf of mexico and in texas initial investment is expected to be about three point two billion dollars but the partnership could plow as much as i five hundred billion dollars into the project ross nash will hold two thoughts of the tour in french and at some mobil one search. i think there's a lot of potential to this deal but there are a lot of obstacles before it comes to realize ation i mean some of the obstacles obviously are environmental concerns especially in the arctic shelf political concerns as well about doing business in russia and also technical considerations because trying to drill for oil in the arctic in the freezing cold weather and also in the black sea where over the sea is up to a mile deep all quite technically difficult so a potent

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exxon mobil their profits are based on oil. they are going to make money but not as much. they are saying it's safer to buy their debt than it is the u.s. government. that is mind blowing to me. >> that's shocking. i can't even believe we are reporting this story tonight it is so amazing to me. we have another expert katie sarjon. talk to us about those asian markets. anything surprise you here? >> what we are seeing is mid morning in asia we are seeing mid numbers across the region. they have come och the morning lows nothing like we saw on friday. new zealand was the first market to show how the day might go. it plunged 3.3 at the open but come back a little now down 23 in 3 percent. nikkei and japan down one and a third. still 1.6 percent. hong kong and shanghai trading little over half an hour now. hang seng under performing the region. it is down more than 3 percent at the start. composite index is down about 1 percent. so i think the surprise is that it is not worse than it is. we are seeing lots of numbers. we still have a lot of trading to go in the days today gerr

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