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BG Group plc was a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in Reading, United Kingdom. [3] [4] On 8 April 2015, Royal Dutch Shell announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire BG Group for $70 billion, subject to regulatory and shareholder agreement. The sale was completed on 15 February 2016.
UK Coal Production Ltd, formerly UK Coal plc, was the largest coal mining business in the United Kingdom. The company was based in Harworth, in Nottinghamshire. The company was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The successor company that contains the former property division, Harworth Group, is still listed on the London Stock Exchange.
The English mining operations were merged with RJB Mining to form UK Coal, a monopoly. British Coal continued as a separate organisation until 31 December 1997, after which it was run as a residual legal entity by staff within the Coal Directorate of the Department of Trade and Industry, [3] [4] eventually being dissolved on 27 March 2004. [5] [6]
1859 William Clark patented the first electrical mining lamp. [3] 1870s J.B.Marsaut (France) double gauze design [4] 1872 Coal Mines Regulation Act required locked lamps under certain conditions [5] 1881 Joseph Swan exhibited his first electric lamp 1882 Made by William Reid Clanny invented a 'bonnetted' Clanny lamp, [6]
The NYSE Composite outperformed the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Nasdaq Composite, and the S&P 500 in 2004, 2005, and 2006 [3] and closed above the 10,000 level for the first time on June 1, 2007. The NYSE Composite set a closing high of 10,311.61 on October 31, 2007, but failed to pass the intra-day high of 10,387.17 it reached in trading ...
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With a huge 8.4% dividend yield, British American Tobacco throws off a lot of passive income, but there are risks to consider.
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