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Sinochem enters Permian Basin shale via $1.7B agreement with Pioneer Natural Resources; 40% ownership plus funding for Pioneer

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and Mayer Brown LLP acted as financial advisor and legal adviser to Sinochem respectively on the transaction. Pioneer Natural Resources Company is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with operations in the United States. Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. Securities, Inc.

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Frost & Sullivan: carsharing membership to reach 9.8M in 2025; 19.9% CAGR

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Top cities for Uber customers, based on percentage of receipts, are San Francisco (79%), followed by Dallas (60%) and Los Angeles (54%). Further, stringent state insurance laws, legal regulations, and increasing insurance costs in Europe and North America could slow down adoption to an extent.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 2 August 1985, Estridge, his wife, Mary Ann, and a handful of IBM salesmen from Los Angeles boarded Delta Flight 191 headed to Dallas. Over the Dallas airport, 700 feet off the ground, a strong downdraft slammed the plane to the ground, killing 137 people including the Estridges and all but one of the other IBM employees.

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COP26 declaration on accelerating the transition to 100% zero emission cars and vans

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The declaration is not legally binding and is focused on a global level. We will support efforts to achieve the road transport breakthrough announced by world leaders, which aims to make zero emission vehicles the new normal by making them accessible, affordable and sustainable in all regions by 2030. …

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

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The Mac’s success during the 1980s spurred Apple Computer to pursue legal action over ownership of many features of the graphical user interface. Suits now being litigated could assign those innovations not to the designers and their companies, but to those who first filed for legal protection on them. Santa Monica, Calif.,

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