http://streetwiseprofessor.com/?p=197 Research (on Financial Markets) Conducted by Other Means Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:16:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://streetwiseprofessor.com/?p=197&cpage=1#comment-61814 Streetwise Professor » Balkan Smashmouth, Revisted Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:28:16 +0000 http://streetwiseprofessor.com/?p=197#comment-61814 [...] Exactly 11 months ago I wrote a post about Russia’s use of “vaporware” and threats...: To make the deal look a little less like an abject surrender, Gazprom has also dangled the prospect of giving Serbia a stake in a future gas venture. Word of advice, guys–DON’T BELIEVE IT, and DON’T TAKE IT. Gazprom is the master of what Bob Amsterdam calls “premature contractualization.” That is, announcing deals just in time to forestall projects that are adverse to Gazprom’s interest, and then fading the deal when the threatening competing projects are shelved in response to the Gazprom announcement. Gazprom will whisper sweet promises in anybody’s ear to get what they want, and then renege when it suits them. (Nigeria–you should take note of this, as Gazprom has been wooing you too.) [...] [...] Exactly 11 months ago I wrote a post about Russia’s use of “vaporware” and threats…: To make the deal look a little less like an abject surrender, Gazprom has also dangled the prospect of giving Serbia a stake in a future gas venture. Word of advice, guys–DON’T BELIEVE IT, and DON’T TAKE IT. Gazprom is the master of what Bob Amsterdam calls “premature contractualization.” That is, announcing deals just in time to forestall projects that are adverse to Gazprom’s interest, and then fading the deal when the threatening competing projects are shelved in response to the Gazprom announcement. Gazprom will whisper sweet promises in anybody’s ear to get what they want, and then renege when it suits them. (Nigeria–you should take note of this, as Gazprom has been wooing you too.) [...]

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