Hoje o título é um pouco diferente.
No entanto, pelo título dá para ter uma idéia do texto. Vejam, “creditors”
lembra o quê? Crédito. “Bankrupt” lembra o quê? Bancarrota, quebradeira,
falência. Ah! O texto vai falar que alguém “quebrou”. Agora ficou fácil o
título: Credores votam a falência da alguém (Yukos).
Overwhelmingly = predominatemente
Request
= petição
Hearing
= audiência
Assets
= ativos
Last-ditch
= a última tentativa
Spell
= soletrar, significar
Struggle
= lutar, esforçar-se
State = declarar
--TEXTO--
Creditors vote to
bankrupt Yukos
Creditors of the Russian oil company Yukos
have voted overwhelmingly to ask a bankruptcy court to liquidate the
beleaguered firm.
The court
is almost certain to agree to the request at a hearing scheduled for August 1
and will appoint a supervisor to sell its assets.
They
rejected a last-ditch rescue plan put forward by Yukos management.
The
decision will spell the end for what used to be the country's biggest
privately-owned oil firm.
Russian
tax authorities and state-owned oil giant Rosneft are among creditors chasing
Yukos for $17bn (£9bn).
Assets
likely to be sold off include some of Russia's biggest refineries with Rosneft
among those who could benefit.
Conspiracy theory
Last week,
Steven Theede quit as Yukos boss after denouncing the creditors' meeting as a
"sham".
Yukos has
struggled to survive after a series of tax demands totalling $27bn.
It says
the demands are linked to a political campaign against its founder, Mikhail
Khodorkovsky, who is currently serving a long prison sentence in Siberia.
In 2004,
the back tax bill led to Yukos' main Yuganskneftegaz subsidiary being
expropriated by the government and sold off at auction - to be ultimately
acquired by Rosneft.
The sale
led to a legal challenge from Yukos when Rosneft floated on the London Stock
Exchange.
In his
resignation letter, Mr Theede said the creditors' meeting would be "attended
by those
who are
intent on destroying the rest of Yukos and taking its assets with no serious
consideration being given to our financial restructuring plan".
He added
that he had been told court-appointed bankruptcy manager, Eduard Rebgun, had
prepared a report for the creditors stating that a financial restructuring was
impossible and the company should be liquidated.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/business/5212570.stm
Published: 2006/07/25 11:37:30 GMT
© BBC MMVI
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Creditors vote to bankrupt Yukos
Credores
votam pela falência da Yukos
Creditors of the Russian oil company Yukos have voted
overwhelmingly to ask a bankruptcy court to liquidate the beleaguered firm.
Credores da
companhia de petróleo Russa Yukos votaram predominatemente para exigir na corte
de falência a liquidação da firma cercada.
The court is almost
certain to agree to the request at a hearing scheduled for August 1 and will
appoint a supervisor to sell its assets.
A
corte está quase certa para concordar com a petição com uma audiência para
primeiro de Agosto e que apontará um supervisor para vender seus ativos.
They rejected a
last-ditch rescue plan put forward by Yukos management.
Eles
rejeitaram a uma tentativa do plano de recuperação para ajudar administração da
Yukos.
The decision will
spell the end for what used to be the country's biggest privately-owned oil
firm.
A
decisão significou o fim para o que foi usado para ser o maior firma privada de
petróleo do país.
Russian tax
authorities and state-owned oil giant Rosneft are among creditors chasing Yukos
for $17bn (£9bn).
Autoridades
tributaries da Rússia e a gigante estatal Rosneft estão entre os credores da
Yukos com 17 bilhões de dólares.
Assets likely to be
sold off include some of Russia's biggest refineries with Rosneft among those
who could benefit.
Os
ativos provavelmente serão vendidos incluindo algumas grandes refinarias russas
com a Rosneft entre aquelas que poderiam beneficiar-se.
Conspiracy theory
Teoria da conspiração
Last week, Steven
Theede quit as Yukos boss after denouncing the creditors' meeting as a
"sham".
Na
última semana, Steven Theede deixou de ser chefe da Yukos após denunciado numa
reunião de credores com um “falso”.
Yukos has struggled
to survive after a series of tax demands totalling $27bn.
A
Yukos lutou para sobreviver após uma série de demandas tributárias totalizando
27 bilhões de dólares.
It says the demands
are linked to a political campaign against its founder, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who
is currently serving a long prison sentence in Siberia.
Dizem
que as demandas estão ligadas com uma campanha política contra seu fundador,
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, que está atualmente servindo uma longa setença na prisão
na Sibéria.
In 2004, the back tax
bill led to Yukos' main Yuganskneftegaz subsidiary being expropriated by the
government and sold off at auction - to be ultimately acquired by Rosneft.
Em
2004, uma demanda tributária levou a principal subsidiária da Yukos, a
Yaganskneftegaz, a ser expropriada pelo governo e a vendeu num leilão – para
ser enfim adquirida pela Rosneft.
The sale led to a
legal challenge from Yukos when Rosneft floated on the London Stock
A
venda levou uma demanda legal da Yukos quando Rosneft deslocou para o mercado
de Londres.
Exchange.
Troca
In his resignation
letter, Mr Theede said the creditors' meeting would be "attended by those
who are intent on
destroying the rest of Yukos and taking its assets with no serious
consideration being given to our financial restructuring plan".
Em
sua carta de demissão, o Senhor Theede disse que a reunião de credores poderia
ser “observada pelos que estão tentando destroir o resto da Yukos e pegando
seus ativos não levando em consideração nosso plano de reestruturação”.
He added that he had
been told court-appointed bankruptcy manager, Eduard Rebgun, had prepared a
report for the creditors stating that a financial restructuring was impossible
and the company should be liquidated.
Ele acrescentou o
que foi dito na corte de falência pelo seu gerente, Eduard Rebgun, que preparou
um relatório para os credores declarando uma reestruturação financeira é
impossível e que a companhia deveria ser liquidada.