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Quite an understatement. But for all the embarrassment of Reiten's early exit, StatoilHydro faces challenges that will linger long after this hubbub is over. StatoilHydro is operating in a market that has changed drastically since oil was first struck off the coast of Norway in the late 1960s. After waves of mergers in the U.S. and Europe, and with the growing dominance of nationally owned energy companies worldwide, the oil and gas industry is increasingly ruled by a handful of giants. Though StatoilHydro leads the world in offshore extraction, it's dwarfed by diversified behemoths like BP, Exxon-Mobil...
...individual struck a police cruiser with a soda bottle from the window of a Cabot House C suite. Officers spoke to an occupant of the room who stated that they were sleeping and had no knowledge of the incident...
...snacks and champagne. It took conductor James Levine bursting through the upstage door to properly get their attention. With a red face and a shock of gray hair, the elated four-year Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) veteran hitched up one pant leg, propped himself up on a stool, and struck up a promising beginning to the Orchestra’s 127th season...
...stepped it up in the second half.” “It felt like it was neck-and-neck the whole time,” Berglund said. “We would step up, they would step up, and vice versa.” The Big Red struck first with an unassisted shot from the top of the circle, just over five minutes after halftime. The Crimson was quick to answer, as junior Kristen Bannon deflected a shot by Shapiro into the net. A mere 53 seconds after Bannon’s tally, Cornell pushed...
...Place Vendome, and continued to the Place de la Concorde and the unscheduled rendezvous with the press pack waiting to pounce. The jurors were then driven by bus down the long, straight expressway that eventually dips underground at the Pont d'Alma - the tunnel where Diana's car struck a pillar that killed both her and al-Fayed. After reexamining the tunnel in darkness Monday night, the group was set on Tuesday to then visit the hospital where Diana was pronounced dead...