| Russia LUKOIL sees net profit rising 7 pct in 2007
LUKOIL is expected to publish its financial results for the fourth quarter and the whole of 2007 before April. In 2006, LUKOIL's net profit rose by 16 percent, year-on-year, to $7.48 billion, but slightly missed analysts' forecasts. Net profit rose by 2 percent and 8 percent respectively in the third and second quarters of 2007, after it dropped unexpectedly by 23 percent in the first quarter. LUKOIL said that was the result of higher transportation tariffs and operating expenses. Alekperov said LUKOIL expected its hydrocarbons production growth to accelerate to 5 to 7 percent this year after a rise of 1.6 percent in 2007, when it produced 91.1 million tonnes (1.8 million barrels per day) of oil at its Russian deposits. The company also produced 5.5 million tonnes of oil outside Russia and 16.4 billion cubic metres of gas last year. Continued...
Homemaker was Calvary Baptist Church member
Kranak died March 17, 2007. They were married for 60 years. She was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in Burgettstown. Mrs. Kranak was a wonderful and caring lady and dedicated volunteer for many years, making crafts in Sheltered Workshop in Weirton, W.Va., and Weirton Geriatric Center. She enjoyed going to flea markets and collecting bells. Mrs. Kranak was a wonderful and kind wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister. She will be greatly missed by all who survive her. Surviving are three sons, John F. Kranak, husband of Kathy of Aliquippa, James B. Kranak, husband of Carol of Dothan, Ala., and Joseph Kranak of Washington; four grandchildren, Johnna DeSalle, Erica Delgado, wife of Junior, Aimee Plake, wife of Branden and Melanie Kranak; five great-grandchildren, Sydney Miller, Logan and Braden Plake and Adrianna and Marah Delgado; three sisters, Dora Schwartz of Baden, Theresa (Vincent) Salvati of Bridgeport, Conn., and Gilda Popik of Stratford, Conn.; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
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Metro to pay for credit watches
Metro voters will be able to sign up for a year of free credit monitoring to thwart thieves who made off with laptop computers containing the Social Security numbers of all 337,000 registered voters, Mayor Karl Dean announced Thursday. The theft over the Christmas holiday at the Davidson County Election Commission enraged many voters who feared the thieves could use personal information contained on the laptops to steal their identities. .
Eric Halvorson's Blog
Today, in our 5 o'clock newscast we offered some ideas for enjoying a "green" Christmas. In that case, the Natural Resources Defense Council offered ideas comparable to others I heard earlier in the day from the Sierra Club. A spokesman for the club says, between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, we generate an extra five million tons of garbage - and a lot of it is probably wrapping paper that can't be recycled. That's why the NRDC and the Sierra Club encourage alternatives to wrapping paper. For certain people, old maps would be a great idea. (My dad, for example, would probably enjoy the map as much as the gift inside it.) A member of the Sierra Club says you might try something like butcher paper and have kids draw something on the paper. Club members also suggest making the wrapping part of the gift - such as in a scarf or a decorative box that can be re-used in some way.
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