Landmark Agreement Signed

The Thibawan Government is pleased to announce that we have concluded an afreement with EnCathay and Shiloh regarding the exploration and development of gas and oil in Thibaw in blocks 31,33,45. This includes a future agreement to the award future concessions to both of these companies. This agreement includes construction of two pipelines to China and Vietnam as well as environmental and social initiatives targeting community development.

Government to Help Fund Community Development Program

The Government of Thibaw is pleased to announce support of plans for a pilot community development project in connection with agricultural development. This program is a partnership between the Government and Nurture in support of the local community.

“We are pleased with the potential benefits of this initiative under the development expertise of Nurture. This has been in the government's pipeline for several months now, and we are confident of a successful working relationship and rewarding outcomes for the Tanyan community,” said Elizabeth Ichniowski, the official media relations representative on behalf of the government. The community was involved in the early stages of negotiations with Nurture, who will have a seat on the board of the Thibaw Fund and The Tanyan Community will be offered a seat on the board. The fund’s allocated to the nurture project will be held and administered independently.

This project is expected to commence in the following weeks. This will be the first of many long term sustainable projects targeted at addressing specific community development needs.

False Allegations

Rumors that Thibaw government has been involved in human rights violations through repression of protests and more are all false. The media is venting its embitterment at recent arrests of treacherous members by slandering the government at a time of preoccupation on several fronts. We will not stand for this, and expect that the international community will not entertain such outrageous claims with no supporting evidence.

The government is in fact involved in talks with a myriad of human rights and environmental organizations in order to best meet the needs of all stakeholders in future activity. We welcome talks with anyone who wishes to discuss these falsehoods.

Market Responds Positively to Wordsworth-Nurture Cooperation

London: Investors Journal 2 August

Wordsworth stock saw a welcome rise in recent days in response to announcements of cooperation between Wordsworth and the respected NGO Nurture on development initiatives in Thibaw.

“This is an indication of Wordsworth taking seriously the challenges of operation in a deprived community,” says analyst Matthew Shaw. “It shows that Wordsworth probably has reasonable expectations of establishing itself successfully in Thibaw.”

Wordsworth closed at 285, up 10 from recent levels and reversing a previous downward trend.

Arrest Made!

Surreptitious foreign paper The Patriot attempts to undermine earnest efforts of hardworking Thibaw government. Media is preventing government from doing its job by introducing corruption. The government must crack down on infiltration by harmful groups like this in order to protect the interests of its people and the nation as a whole. It is disconcerting to realize the potential dangers latent in outside parties that pretend to be aiming at the betterment of Thibaw.

Dissidents were shockingly involved in the treachery as well, after having made extremely high demands of the government before being willing to enter into any sort of deal. The government has arrested members of both offending parties and expects to see no further grievances of that sort.

The Government is looking into further ties with the NGO Humanity First.

Breaking News

There has been an arrest of member of a dissident group and a reporter from the washington patriot.

News Conference at 9:25 in the main room.

Shiloh and Wordsworth Woes

New York: Investors’ Chronicle July 10

"The recent unrest in Thibaw, following power shifts in the military government there, looks bad for US Independent Shiloh,” says respected analyst Chester Culbertson. “It’s widely rumored in the oil and gas industry that Shiloh was close to a deal with the Thibaw Government and the Chinese State company EnCathay, for development of gas reserves there. Until things calm down with teh prospect of longer term resolution, it’s hard to imagine Shiloh committing to a major investment there.”

Shiloh’s misfortunes are not confined to Thibaw. In a separate development it appears to be suffering a significant cut in production from the Dorothy field, in the UK’s North Sea, which is operated on behalf of a Shiloh/Wordsworth joint venture by Britain’s Wordsworth Energy.

Shiloh’s shares closed at 6.78

“Shiloh may well be regretting ever cooperating with Wordsworth,” said noted commentator Stephen Botts yesterday. “Production losses resulting from the recent accident on Dorothy are hitting both companies. At this rate it’s hard to imagine them getting into further joint ventures elsewhere. And Wordsworth’s profits will be down badly for the year unless they can get Dorothy fully back on line soon. So far we’ve no idea when that can be expected.”

IS THERE ANY UPSIDE FOR WORDSWORTH?

London: Investor’s Journal May 5th

“Wordsworth’s been taking a battering recently from all sorts of investors who want to shed their stock,” says renowned analyst Joe Grundy. “The ethical investors don’t like the stories they’re hearing about how security is being managed in Wordsworth’s operational area in Thibaw and the more hard headed institutional investors aren’t happy about reports of a falling out between Shiloh and Wordsworth over alleged poor cost management in the Dorothy Field in Britain’s North Sea which Wordsworth operates on behalf of a Wordsworth/Shiloh joint venture.”

“Investors are hoping to hear something positive from Wordsworth soon,” Grundy added. "But so far there has only been a crushing silence.”

Wordsworth stock closed at 282 its lowest for well over a year.

Hard-headed Investors lose confidence in Wordsworth!

London: Investors Journal 30 April

First it was the Ethical Investment Community, now it is the hard headed, and profit oriented institutional investors who have an eye on the bottom line who are beginning to get concerned about Wordsworth.

The trigger for these concerns has been a release by Wikidrain of a letter from Shiloh’s most senior management to that of Wordsworth, complaining about ineffective and over-costly management by Shiloh of the North Sea’s Dorothy Field, which is a joint venture between these companies. The letter was conciliatory in tone but appears to refer to some very acrimonious exchanges between the companies.

Wordsworth stock closed at 287, reflecting unloading of stock by several institutional investors.

Cultural Insensitivity

Slave Labor is not present in our country. What foreigners presume to be “slave labor” is actually traditional patriotic duty engrained into the mindset of our people. This misconception illustrates cultural insensitivity. The west seems to have forgotten that individualism is not a local value here-our population does believe in the power of the group and the necessity to participate in group economic development efforts.

However, the government is aware of and responsive to the labor concerns of international organizations and we are trying to develop creative ways to accommodate and cope with cultural insensitivity.

Contact Information

E-mail: epi2101@columbia.edu
Phone: 610 247 9847

Shiloh Price on the Rise

New York: Investors Chronicle 30 April

Respected U.S. independent Shiloh Oil saw its share price soar to 6.93, its highest for some time, in the aftermath of an authoritative article in Britain’s “The Mentor” news magazine which revealed that Shiloh was in negotiations with other companies to take a share in development of what look like a significant oil and gas reserves in Thibaw.

“Shiloh, with its strategically important LNG import terminal on the west coast of the U.S., is very well placed to exploit its position,” says a market insider.

Ethical Investors losing confidence in Wordsworth?

London: Investors Journal 15 April

In active trading in recent days a large block of Wordsworth stock came on the market, depressing share price to 292, its lowest in well over a year.

“This may represent a disposal by Emerald Responsible Growth Mutual Fund,” says Charles Winter, a respected market insider. “It’s no secret that its management was deeply disturbed by Wordsworth’s reluctance to release its impact assessment for its proposed Thibaw development. The fact that it was subsequently leaked by the mysterious Wikidrain organization is a major embarrassment for Wordsworth. One wonders if they were hoping to ignore the recommendations of this assessment. Otherwise there was no reason to withhold it.”

It is believed that Emerald Responsible Growth may have held as much as 1.5% of total Wordsworth stock and the depression of share price has reawakened speculation that Wordsworth may be a takeover target .

Shiloh Stock Rises

New York: Investor’s Chronicle March 25

A bizarre recent claim that the US’s Shiloh oil was involved in negotiations with the Thibaw Government that included use of slave labor as well as transfer of technology has had the effect of boosting Shiloh’s share price.

“Nobody believes that a company like Shiloh would use slave labor - and not just for ethical reasons but for pragmatic ones also,” says respected market analyst Kenton Archer, “but there is widespread relief that Shiloh is maintaining a position in Thibaw. it sunk a lot of money there in its unsuccessful exploration campaign and it obviously hasn’t given up on the country. That it’s negotiating with the government is a positive sign.”

Shiloh closed at 6.86, its highest for some months.

Shiloh Stock Rises

New York: Investor’s Chronicle March 25

A bizarre recent claim that the US’s Shiloh oil was involved in negotiations with the Thibaw Government that included use of slave labor as well as transfer of technology has had the effect of boosting Shiloh’s share price.

“Nobody believes that a company like Shiloh would use slave labor - and not just for ethical reasons but for pragmatic ones also,” says respected market analyst Kenton Archer, “but there is widespread relief that Shiloh is maintaining a position in Thibaw. it sunk a lot of money there in its unsuccessful exploration campaign and it obviously hasn’t given up on the country. That it’s negotiating with the government is a positive sign."

Ethical Investors losing confidence in Wordsworth?

London: Investor’s Journal March 19

A recent article in the US’s respected Washington Patriot has highlighted rising concerns in the Ethical INvestment community about possible slippage of ecological management standards in Thibaw. The main concern is that a prospective development may threaten teh survival of the few remaining breeding pairs of the endangered Dwarf Tapir.

“We’ve seen some stock been dumped,” says respected analyst Rebecca Gride, and the suspicion is that as-yet unidentified Ethical Investment Mutual Fund that’s responsible.”

Wordsworth Stock closed at 301, its lowest for several months.

Wordsworth moving away from its roots?

London: Investor Journal 15 March

“Wordsworth was always know in the past for its openness, “ says respected analyst Giles Winterborne, “but that seems to be changing. A number of NGOs and others have been complaining recently that Wordsworth is hard to reach and seems to be less transparent than in the past. There is a lot of concern in the Ethical Investment Community about this and a fear that it may reflect compromises to its usual high standards when operating in Thibaw.”

Wordsworth stock closed at 312, perhaps reflecting these concerns.

Contact Information

Please send any questions or inquiries for the Thibaw Government to epi2101@columbia.edu. We remain open to discussion with all groups and parties.

Shiloh faces dismal start to year!

New York: Investors' Chronicle, Jan 15th

Investors have been reacting negatively to continued silence on whether Shiloh Oil will leave the SE Asian country of Thibaw following disappointing exploration results - and major expenditure there.

"Investors may be a little shortsighted," says veteran analyst Jesse Smith. "Shiloh's fundamentals are excellent - and they control teh only LNG import terminal on the US West Coast. Even without Thibaw it looks like a good bet. My recommendation is to buy."

Shiloh Stock is trading at 6.79, down .08 since the start of the year.

Wordsworth Stock UP!

London: Investment Journal 10 Jan

"Wordsworth continues to hold its place as a favorite of Ethical Investors," respected analyst Silas Grimshawe told our reporter yesterday. "As much as 15% of its stock may be held by Ethical Investment Mutual Funds and by institutional investors who place a high premium on high ethical business standards. Several charitable foundations - which are rumored to include the US's prestigious Bruce Wayne Foundation, also appear to have substantial holdings."

Commenting on Wordsworth's controversial decision to operate in the "Hermit Republic" of Thibaw, which is notorious for its Human Rights abuses, Grimshawe commented: "Yes - it'll be a challenge and Wordsworth is going to have to play a very careful game. But they're an experienced operator - I suspect they'll manage."

Wordsworth stock closed at 325, up 5 since the start of the year, reflecting investor confidence that success in Thibaw could boost Wordsworth revenues in the coming years.

Message from the Government of Thibaw

For the time being, the Government of Thibaw will contact stakeholders at their own discretion. Any general announcements will be made via this outlet.

Thank you.