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  • Chevron fell 2% after the oil major's third-quarter earnings and revenue missed analysts 'expectations.

    Stocks Face Cool End to Strong Month Donna Kardos Yesalavich 2010

  • The Hugo Short Story shortlist for 2005, for which most of these would have been eligible, was of particularly poor quality (as I said at the time), and even the least impressive from the Hopkinson/Mehan anthology (I'll identify it as devorah major's "Trade Winds") is a far better story than the Hugo winner (Resnick's "Travels With My Cats").

    July Books 15) So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy nwhyte 2009

  • Likewise, BP's similarly sized report on April's Deepwater Horizon disaster, published last month, blamed "complex and interlinked" factors — as well as multiple parties — rather than there being anything fundamentally wrong with the oil major's well design.

    Overheard: Flash Answer 2010

  • Output in the third quarter was boosted by the ramp-up of the major's new projects to 2.34 million of barrels of oil equivalent per day, from 2.24 million barrels of oil equivalent per day a year earlier, Total said.

    Total's Profit Climbs on Higher Oil Prices Geraldine Amiel 2010

  • But the media — particularly the British media — picked up on the major's talk as evidence of, in the words of one questioner, "America's apparent fondness for associating sport with war."

    The Captains Pair Up Their Crews John Paul Newport 2010

  • MOSCOW—A Russian court Friday rejected two multi-billion dollar claims against BP PLC's brought by minority shareholders in the U.K. oil major's Russian joint venture BP's Russian unit, TNK-BP Holding.

    BP Claims Victory in Russian Case Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen 2011

  • The technology major's expansion plans come at a time when analysts and investors are worried about a potential slowdown in demand for outsourcing services, as major markets -- the U.S. and Europe -- grapple with slow growth, high unemployment and a debt crisis.

    TCS to Build New Software Center in Nagpur Dhanya Ann Thoppil 2011

  • This is a part of the French cement major's move to step up its operations in the east.

    Deals India:Morning News Roundup Deals India Staff 2011

  • Multinational power and automation technology company ABB today said it has secured a $71 million order from Steel Authority of India Ltd for supply of a high-voltage sub-station package to the steel major's Bhilai plant, in Chhattisgarh.

    Deals India: Morning News Roundup By DEALS INDIA STAFF 2011

  • Industry body Oil & Gas U.K.'s economics director, Mike Tholen, welcomed the move, saying, "It reflects the major's commitment to the U.K. and demonstrates the significant remaining potential of the U.K. Continental Shelf."

    BP to Invest Billions in North Sea Alexis Flynn 2011

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