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Shell CEO Ben van Beurden will step down at the end of the year and be replaced by head of gas and renewables Wael Sawan.

London-based Shell disclosed that the CEO, who has been at the helm for nine years, will step down from the company on Jan. 1, 2023, but will remain available to the board as an advisor until the end of June.

"I look forward to channeling the pioneering spirit and passion of our incredible employees to meet the immense challenges and seize the opportunities of the energy transition," Sawan said.

A step in the right direction toward #erneuerbare
#energie

Source: https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/industrie/shell-ben-von-beurden-tritt-zurueck-wael-sawan-neuer-ceo-a-1ece7019-6ee3-4356-a754-1ccaf86a4f74

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𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀𝘇𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗻 📈

Today, among others, Greenbrier Companies Inc ($GBX (+1.04%)) and Acuity Brands Inc ($AYI (+0.35%)) present their quarterly figures.

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As of today, among others, AT&T Inc ($T (-0.22%)), Roper Technologies Inc ($ROP (+0.43%)) and Verizon Communications Inc ($VZ (-0.05%)) are trading ex-dividend.

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Shell ($RDS.B) - Oil giant Shell launches a share buyback program as announced. A total of $5 billion worth of shares are to be repurchased. The money for the buybacks comes primarily from the sale of a shale gas deposit in the U.S. state of Texas in September. Shell earned a total of 9.5 billion US dollars from the sale of the shale gas deposit.

Digital Worlds Acquisition ($DWAC (+1.15%)) - Yesterday, SPAC Digital Worlds Acquisition, which is set to merge with Donald Trump's media company, shot up by a full 20%. The reason for this is the announcement that Donald Trump's new social media app called "Truth" will be available from February 21.

𝗖𝗿𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗼 💎

The first results of the "Crypto Crime Report" from blockchain data platform Chainalysis show that scams in the crypto world increased by 81% in 2021. However, on the other hand, the report also showed that law enforcement agencies and security companies are becoming more efficient in fighting these crimes.

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@dieaktionaere Mashallah Shell very nice increase fortunately still got in early 2021

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Bank of America ($NCB (+0.58%)), FedEx ($FDX (+0.37%)), Linde ($LIN), PepsiCo ($PEP (+0.03%)), Suncor ($SM3 (-0.21%)) and Waste Management ($UWS (+0.39%)) go ex-dividend today

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Broadcom ($AVGOP) and Hewlett Packard ($7HP (+1.51%)) are opening their books today.

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𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗿𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲 - Royal Dutch Shell ($RDS-B) has announced plans to install 50,000 charging points for electric vehicles in the UK by 2025. The government has already decided to ban the sale of new petrol or diesel cars from 2030. A major problem in the transport transition is the lack of charging options. This is now to be remedied.

With the 50,000 new charging stations, Shell could claim a third of the public charging market.

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗯𝗲 - The subsidiary of Google ($ABEC (+1.15%)) was able to crack the 50 million subscriber mark with YouTube Premium and YouTube Music. After a slow start in 2018, the platform now seems to have transformed into a competitive streaming provider. According to Mark Mulligan of Midia Research, YouTube Music is Gen Z's Spotify.

𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗺𝘂𝘁𝘇𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗚𝗲𝗹𝗱 - According to Handelsblatt, the number of suspected crypto cases at the Customs Money Laundering Unit (FIU) increased sharply last year.

In 2018, the number of crypto-related money laundering suspicious activity reports was around 570, and by 2020 it had already risen to 2050 suspicious cases. However, due to a growing cryptomarket, this is not surprising. According to FDP financial expert Schäffler, the German government must now increase the pressure to prosecute.

A successful Thursday to you 😊

Wants to invest much more at Exxon. Exxon is moving into the future in a climate-friendly way, while Shell doesn't let us hear much about it. Shell does good work, but doesn't communicate much. I think they could make the jump as well. What do you think? Where are you?

Royal Dutch Shell had announced that it would increase distributions to shareholders on the back of healthy profits.

Now a share buyback of two billion U.S. dollars was announced today, which is to be completed by the end of the year.

In addition, the interim dividend will rise from 0.17 to 0.24 U.S. dollars.

Shell has a mammoth task ahead of it:

The conversion from fossil fuels to renewable energy. By 2035, this sector is to become Shell's fourth pillar on an equal footing with gas, oil and chemicals.

What do you think about the dividend increase and the share buyback?

Do you see the measure as positive or would you prefer to see the money invested in the Group's restructuring? $RDS-B