Tag: pioneer

Pioneer, Cold Creek fires increase

Jun. 14—MOSES LAKE — The Pioneer Fire on the shore of Lake Chelan about 30 miles northwest of Wenatchee had almost tripled in size Thursday, swelling from 600 acres to 1,756 acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. The cause of the fire was still undetermined. The estimated cost of suppressing the fire was […]

British tech pioneer Mike Lynch acquitted at US fraud trial

By Abhirup Roy and Jody Godoy (Reuters) -Autonomy founder Mike Lynch was acquitted of fraud on Thursday by a jury in San Francisco, a major win for the entrepreneur who has been dogged by legal problems since the disastrous sale of his company to Hewlett-Packard (HP) for $11 billion in 2011. Representatives for Lynch and […]

June 1 in the Pioneer

Jun. 1—June 1, 2014 — Bemidjians braved rainy weather to attend the very first Bacon and Beer Festival held in the parking lot of the Sanford Center. The event included music, pig races and yard games and raised money for the United Way of the Bemidji Area, which in turn will support other local organizations. […]

A blind graduate at Bates College in 1889 is a forgotten pioneer

May 26—LEWISTON — Bates College often touts its willingness from Day One to accept women and Black students in its classrooms, the first institution of higher learning in New England to be so open. But it doesn’t ever mention another pioneering student who graduated in 1889, a Wilton native named Arthur Elmer Hatch. He was […]

Exxon to take 18-24 months to hit full stride with Pioneer purchase

By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) -Exxon Mobil will take 18 to 24 months to achieve its full production synergies from its $60 billion purchase of U.S. shale oil producer Pioneer Natural Resources, the company’s top shale executive said on Friday. Exxon this week closed all-stock acquisition after agreeing to an antitrust consent order that barred […]

Tibor Hollo, real estate pioneer in downtown Miami and Edgewater, dies at 96

Real estate pioneer Tibor Hollo, who transformed a once-neglected downtown Miami with high-rise hotels, condos and office buildings, died on Wednesday. He was 96. Hollo was the chairman and president of the Brickell-based development firm Florida East Coast Realty, which he established in 1972. His buildings changed the Edgewater and downtown Miami skylines at a […]

ExxonMobil’s $60bn Pioneer acquisition gets nod from US regulator

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has given conditional approval to ExxonMobil’s nearly $60bn acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources. As per the terms of the approval, Pioneer’s co-founder and former CEO Scott Sheffield will be barred from joining Exxon’s board due to allegations of attempted collusion with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The […]

Exxon to Close Pioneer Deal as FTC Forces Out Sheffield

(Bloomberg) — The US Federal Trade Commission declined to challenge Exxon Mobil Corp.’s $60 billion purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources Co. but asserted that Scott Sheffield, Pioneer’s co-founder, must not take a seat on the supermajor’s board. Most Read from Bloomberg The decision, announced Thursday in a filing, will ease concern the Biden administration will […]