25-07-2006 – Diário de Estudo (Dyno)

 

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Título: Creditors vote to bankrupt Yukos

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).

 

Vocabulário

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
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--TRADUÇÃO LIVRE--

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.