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    performance of Chevron Corporation Nowadays, increasing customers worried about the negative effects that large companies put on environment especially some energy industries. Chevron Corporation is one of largest multinational energy corporations in the world which has branch offices in more than 100 countries. It is engaged in all the aspects of gas and crude oil, which include exploration, production, marketing, chemicals manufacturing and so on (Chevron Corporation. n.d.). Although Chevron produce

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    The history of the Oil Industry Oil makes up over ⅓ of humanities primary energy supply. The production of oil, especially the refining of it is has a huge impact of on the modern day world. Oil has been collected and used since Old Testament Bible times. Oil or petroleum is naturally found in various countries including in and around the United States of America. There are many men who can be linked to the beginning of the American oil industry, but out of all of them the most famous, if not

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    Taking On the Trust Steve Weinberg’s “Taking on the Trust” is a book that chronicles the lives of both Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller. Ida Tarbell was born in Pennsylvania to Franklin and Esther Tarbell. While her family was not necessarily poor they were not rich either. At times they had to struggle to make it through while at other times they had money in the bank. One of the interesting things about her family is how strongly religion played a role in their family. Even when they didn’t

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    Benefits of Implementing Business Intelligence Systems There are a variety of benefits when it comes to implementing a business intelligence system. Because the nature of business intelligence is to gather data about customers and analyze the information possessed, it leads to the idea that business intelligence systems can help create better customer relationships. This is due to the fact that the company has a better understanding of what their customers desire and therefore, are able to serve

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    Debating the Documents Interpreting Alternative Viewpoints in Primary Source Documents Monster Monopolist or Marketplace Hero? John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Company were widely admired and just as widely despised. Rockefeller: ©2006 MindSparks, a division of Social Studies School Service 10200 Jefferson Blvd., P.O. Box 802 Culver City, CA 90232 United States of America (310) 839-2436 (800) 421-4246 Fax: (800) 944-5432 Fax: (310) 839-2249 http://mindsparks.com access@mindsparks.com

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    The Standard Oil Company of California(Socal) is trying to determine how much to bid on the Gulf Oil Corporation. George Keller, the CEO of Socal, would need to borrow 14 billion dollars in order to make a substantial bid. While banks are willing to lend the money because of Socal's low to debt ratio, the loan would put the company in a highly leveraged position. In order to alleviate that debt, some of Gulf's assets could be sold. Keller has to consider the value of Gulf's exploration and development

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    In the 1870’s through the 1900’s, the Standard Oil Company (SOC) has been the largest company in one of the most rich industries in the world. The Standard Oil Company held a monopoly over the entire industry, which meant that their wide variety of products must have been essential to many types of people and industries. The SOC’s ability to spread awareness of their company and their products is a main reason why they became so powerful. The Standard Oil Company would not be nearly as successful

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    My current job and position is a Safety Specialist at Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP. in Sweeny, Texas. In this position I am instructed to watch over the contractors currently working on our site. My job duties are to make sure the contractors are following theirs and our policies and procedures. In the event that a rule is broken I am to communicate it to my supervisor who in turn contacts the contractor’s management to resolve the issue. If the issue can be resolved at the field safety representative’s

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    Gulf Oil Corp.--Takeover Summary of Facts o George Keller of the Standard Oil Company of California (Socal) is trying to determine how much he wants to bid on Gulf Oil Corporation. Gulf will not consider bids below $70 per share even though their last closing price per share was valued at $43. o Between 1978 and 1982, Gulf doubled its exploration and development expenses to increase their oil reserves. In 1983, Gulf began reducing exploration expenditures considerably due to declining oil prices

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    Communications in Business 100 Assessment: Critical Essay Company: Chevron Essay Title: An examination on performance of Chevron Corporation Student Name: Ludovic Lincoln Student Number: 14731271 Student E-mail: 14731271@student.curtin.edu.au Semester: 1 2012 Campus: Bentley Tutor’s Name: Alireza Faed Tutorial Day and Time: Friday 14h Society affected by the impact of Chevron Corporation on environment. Introduction: Nowadays, recycling, ecology, environmental

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