"Exxon Mobil has won court orders freezing as much as $12 billion in petroleum assets controlled by Venezuela's government in an escalation of a dispute over efforts by President Hugo Chávez to assert greater...
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Exxon wins court order freezing sale of billions in oil assets by Venezuela
