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Who is president of the entity that began from a 1960s lawsuit against the United Church of Christ?
Andy Schwartzman,
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One of the investors in the $85 million round of funding for Zaffire came in behind Van Wagoner Capital Management what company's third round of funding?
Netigy
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[ { "title": "e3579_p21", "sents": [ "The round raised $85 million, and also included investments from Integral Capital Partners, Oppenheimer Funds, J&W Seligman, Carlyle Internet Partners Europe, Azure Capital Partners, JT Venture Partners, Kinetic, Octane Capital Management, Pilgrim Baxter Hyper Partn...
How much was allegedly overcharged after $6.8 billion of transactions from 21 California power generators were studied that included a power generator that had invested in internet, phone and cable provider Grande Communications?
$562 million
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The city whose area gets electricity delivered by Duquesne Light is the county seat of what county?
Allegheny County
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The Indian daily newspaper first published in 1961 reported on an agreement by Fis to reduce the interest rate of what entities loans on 09/05/2001?
DPC
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[ { "title": "The Economic Times", "sents": [ "The Economic Times is an English-language, Indian daily newspaper published by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. First published in 1961, it is the world's second-most widely read English-language business newspaper, after the \"Wall Street Journal\", with a...
The world's second-largest defense contractor based on 2015 revenue is going to start buying parts online from its suppliers when?
This summer
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[ { "title": "Boeing", "sents": [ "The Boeing Company ( ) is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites worldwide.", "The company also provides leasing and product support services.", "Boeing is among the largest...
The utility that started receiving gas deliveries from Enron in October of 2000 is located in a town on what river?
river Neckar
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The person who is the University of Virginia's Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics cautioned that Davis is in trouble where?
his own state
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[ { "title": "Larry Sabato", "sents": [ "Larry Joseph Sabato ( ; born August 7, 1952) is an American political scientist and political analyst.", "He is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, where he is also the founder and director of the Center for Politics, ...
The organization that is hosting a talk by Jonathan Koomey on September 12, 2000 is commonly known by what name?
Berkeley Lab
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[ { "title": "e3733_p15", "sents": [ "Grether Professor in Public Policy and Business Administration and director of the University of California Energy Institute, was interviewed on National Public Radio's Morning Edition on August 28 on natural gas prices.", "Borenstein commented that the rise i...
What man was put on trial, in the city located in Cuyahoga County and having the 51st largest US population, in an attempt to revoke his US citizenship over claims he was a Nazi death camp guard?
John Demjanjuk
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Which person on the board of directors for Cognitive Arts is from a firm that backed Guggenheim.com?
Elliot Royce
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The person listed directly after Karen Shea on the recipient list of a August 25, 2001 2:14 PM e-mail from Dan Douglass about U-902-E was listed directly prior to what person on the recipient list of a September 27, 2001 1:16 AM e-mail from Dan Douglass that had a revised application draft attached?
John Yurkanin
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[ { "title": "e19958_p4", "sents": [ "Motion of San Diego Gas & Electric Company (U 90 2-E) for Adoption of an Electric Procurement Cost Recovery Mechanism and fo r Order Shortening Time FYI.", "We should discuss.", "Best, Jeff --Original Message -- From: Dan Douglass [mailto:douglass@energy...
What person won the Roland-Garros in the year 1999?
Andre Agassi
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[ { "title": "French Open", "sents": [ "The French Open, also called Roland-Garros (] ), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France.", "Named after the French aviator Roland Garros, it is the premier clay court tenni...
The paper that ran a 520-word 5/24/01 story about the proposed use of Diesel generators in order to support a grid ran a story written by Scott Winokur and Christian Berthelsen about Duke's salvage operation that was how many words long?
3592
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Separateaccounts.com acquired what subsidiary from the bank founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1864?
VIP Private Capital
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[ { "title": "Royal Bank of Canada", "sents": [ "The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC; French: \"Banque Royale du Canada\" ) is a Canadian multinational financial services company and the largest bank in Canada.", "The bank serves over 16 million clients and has 80,000 employees worldwide.", "The c...
Agustin Llana from Shell Espana spoke at an energy conference in May of 2001 that was held in a Spanish city with how many inhabitants?
3.166
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Alexandra von Meier was director of a center at a California school that offers how many Bachelor's degrees?
92
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[ { "title": "e2259_p68", "sents": [ "--If the Bush administration's new efficiency standards for air conditioner s and heat pumps improved energy use by 30 percent instead of 20 percent, the output of 138 of these power plants would not been needed during peak use times.", "Americans could even u...
The French government confirmed an "open skies" agreement between Delta and a subsidiary of what group?
Air France–KLM
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[ { "title": "e27931_p2", "sents": [ "Although most national airlines look in a sorry state, government and business stumped up SFr4.24 billion ($2.6 billion) to recapitalise Crossair, a Swiss regional airline that will take over two-thirds of bankrupt Swissair's aircraft and routes.", "See articl...
DIVA was backed by NTL, Liberate Technologies, Open TV, and an electronics manufacturer based in what city?
Horsham, Pennsylvania
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[ { "title": "e1960_p29", "sents": [ "DIVA'S backers include publicly traded UK-based cable television provider NTL, Liberate Technologies, Open TV, and General Instrument.", "The company filed for an IPO last May.", "http: www.divatv.com Peppers and Rogers Pick Former McKinsey Partner as Le...
According to a 7/18/01 article shared by Business Wire, Fitch assigned a "BBB" rating to a transaction that represented a refinancing of what?
remaining Marlin senior notes
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[ { "title": "e6660_p15", "sents": [ "\"Dredging operations carried out in the coastal area (near the Punta Lara potabilization plant), could have caused an alteration in the continuity and quality of water service,\" said Buenos Aires provincial enviromental policy department.", "Gasoducto Cruz d...
What did Greg Davis' spokesman say that generators could do if they found out how much the state had spent on energy the day before?
force up the price the next day
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[ { "title": "e1332_p22", "sents": [ "Los Angeles Power And Water Chief Expected To Head New California Energy Agency.", "Los Angeles Times (4 17, Daunt, Tempest) reports, \"S. David Freeman, the wily 75-year-old general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, will resign soon to...
What is the total of the rate increases over the coming year, sought by a subsidiary of IDACORP, which is a regulated electrical power utility with a service area that surrounds the Snake River and its tributaries?
$227.4 million
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[ { "title": "Idaho Power", "sents": [ "Idaho Power Company (IPC) is a regulated electrical power utility.", "Its business involves the purchase, sale, generation, transmission and distribution of electricity in eastern Oregon and southern Idaho.", "It is a subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc.", ...
The new assistant dean for MBA Programs at the University of Colorado at Boulder will lead a program to recreate the itinerary to three countries from what year?
2000
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What firm invested in Trendium's $25 million second round as well as in the company that promoted Bob Tenace to vice president of sales for Central and South America?
Vertex Management
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The Korean American tech entrepreneur, who was born in Seoul but moved to San Jose, California at age 14 in 1976 was the Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder of what company?
NetGeo
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The Pearson CEO featured in Fortune's 50 powerful women in business alongside Anne Lauvergeon, Mary Ma, Marianne Nivert, Lien Siaou-Sze and others became a trustee at what during her time with Pearson?
Oxfam
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[ { "title": "e20039_p13", "sents": [ "Says Brooker, \"Jung knows what women want and how to sell it to them.", "And that's what has made her one of the most successful CEOs-male or female-in recent years.\"", "Over the past 20 months she has overhauled nearly everything about the way Avon d...
The American politician born November 12, 1931, who joined L&L Energy, Inc as Vice Chairman in 2010, announced the formation of what group on Jan. 16th meant to allow the high-tech industry to take leadership in spotting potential Internet and infrastructure security risks while he was serving as Commerce Secretary?
IT-ISAC
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[ { "title": "Norman Mineta", "sents": [ "Norman Yoshio Mineta (born November 12, 1931) is an American politician.", "A member of the Democratic Party, Mineta most recently served in President George W. Bush's Cabinet as the United States Secretary of Transportation, the only Democratic Cabinet Se...
What is the name of the business school in this college, which is part of the City University of New York, where Douglas Carmichael works as an accounting professor?
Zicklin School of Business
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[ { "title": "e19537_p22", "sents": [ "The company said it transferred assets valued at $1.2 billion, including $150 million in notes payable, 3.7 million restricted Enron shares and the right to receive as many as 18 million Enron common shares in March 2003, subject to certain conditions.", "It ...
Which US states were initially part of the service territory of electricity provider that was ordered by a federal rule in July of 2001 to join with the New York Independent System Operator, PJM, and New England Independent System Operator to form an RTO?
Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Ohio
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[ { "title": "e6861_p2", "sents": [ "07 24 2001 Reuters English News Service (C) Reuters Limited 2001. WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - With the help of a federal mediator, Northeast electricity transmission grid operators are on track to combine their assets under a common roof, Phillip Harris, chairman...
Who is the chairman and founder of the company, which has a few board members from this firm that contributed to the $7 million third round of funding of InterSense?
John Metzger
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[ { "title": "e4375_p16", "sents": [ "The company will use the funds for product development and marketing.", "Mark Jensen and Jeffrey Sampson of Viridian have joined the company's board of directors.", "http: www.verticore.com $7 Million Round Three for Motion Tracking Firm InterSense BURLI...
The CEO and president of Yodlee at the time of its merger with VerticalOne currently serves in a role in the Canadian Government that they took over from what person, who resigned in protest?
Wayne Smith
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[ { "title": "e8533_p11", "sents": [ "http: www.sonera.com breedlab m&a Aggregration Firms Yodlee and VerticalOne Merge REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Yodlee, which provides a free, Web-based service that enables users to manage and gain access to personal account information, said it merged wi...
The 41st Mayor of Los Angeles added funding for city parks to what famous 1999 parks bond bill?
PARKS BONDS (AB 18):
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What is the frequency of this national public radio station that aired "Which Way LA" with Borenstein on April 12, 2001?
89.9 MHz FM
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The three managing directors of Blue Slate Solutions included which former employee of General Electric?
Richard Barnett
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[ { "title": "e11765_p16", "sents": [ "Previous investors include Fremont Ventures, which led its $6.5 million first round of financing in March.", "http: www.theweddinglist.com New Products o Business Accelerator Blue Slate Solutions Launches ALBANY, N.Y. -- Blue Slate Solutions, a business accel...
What is the name of this provider of online business impact analytics software, which is backed by Gemini Israel Fund, Vertex Venture Group and this London-based British private equity and venture capital firm with about $35 billion under management?
I-Impact
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[ { "title": "Apax Partners", "sents": [ "Apax Partners LLP is a British private equity and venture capital firm, headquartered in London, England.", "The company also operates out of eight other offices in New York, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Tel Aviv, Madrid, Stockholm, Milan and Munich.", "The fi...
The California gas transmission project that was approved in three weeks after its certificate application due to fast tracking by the FERC is named after a river that is fed by snowmelt from the area surrounding which large mountain?
Mount Whitney
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[ { "title": "e889_p0", "sents": [ "'From today's Gas Daily: FERC gives Kern River project speedy approval Only three weeks after receiving the certificate application, FERC Friday granted Kern River Gas Transmission authority to proceed with a 135 million cfd expansion of its system that will move new ...
The entity which provided information for Charles Schwab & Co's Midday Market View on October 29, 2001, in addition Bridge United States Indices is also known by what acronym?
SCIR
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[ { "title": "e27879_p0", "sents": [ "'Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Email Alert Midday Market View(TM) for Monday, October 29, 2001 as of 1:00PM EST Information provided by Schwab Center for Investment Research and Bridge United States INDICES (1:00 p.m. EST) - Market Value Change DJIA 9,343.12 -202.05 Na...
What is the birthdate of the congresswoman who organized a town hall meeting on June 2nd, 2001 in Menlo Park?
December 13, 1942)
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[ { "title": "e3597_p0", "sents": [ "\"ENERGY COMMITTEE MEMBERS: (Please pass on as appropriate) Congresswoman Anna Eshoo has organized a town hall meeting to bring everyone together to talk about what residential and commercial customers can do during the current energy crisis, and to promote energy ef...
Sections 251 and 252 of the California PUC approved an interim performance assessment plan for Verizon California, Inc. as well as a company that is ultimately owned by what company through a holding company?
AT&T Inc
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[ { "title": "e10142_p7", "sents": [ "The URC gave final approval, however, to the tariff's rates and charges..", "The URC said it's concerned that \"a tariff containing finally approved terms and conditions may become not only the minimum conditions for interconnection but also the maximum condit...
Which firm invests primarily in seed and early-stage companies in the United States and India, has nine partners, and has a satellite office in Palo Alto, Calif?
Matrix Partners
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[ { "title": "Matrix Partners", "sents": [ "Matrix Partners is a US-based private equity investment firm focusing on venture capital investments.", "The firm invests in seed and early-stage companies in the United States and India, particularly in the software, communications, semiconductors, data...
Which company invested in both WorkingWoman.com and WhereNet?
RWI Group
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The paper that ran a 6/25/01 story by Robin Fields about how demand had only a minor role in California's power crisis ran a story co-written by Scott Winokur and Christian Berthelsen on 4/9/01 that was how many words long?
3592
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The Canadian journalist born in 1955 in Gravenhurst, Ontario who has been a writer for The Globe and Mail since 1999 contributed a report to an article in that paper on 4/24/01 that was co-written by Richard Mackie and what other person?
MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
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Carl Guardino is the head of an organization that hosted the second edition of what summit in Santa Clara County that was attended by Mayor Ron Gonzales and County Supervisor Jim Beall?
Santa Clara County Energy Summit II
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What group based in Washington, D.C that attempts to monitor the results of lobbying and money in politics suggested that Enron, as well as their employees, have contributed approximately $1.3 million towards Bush's election effort, the Republican Party and the presidential inauguration?
Center for Responsive Politics
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Of the committee members working on an amendment to provide regulatory relief for ILECs, which was born on April 16th, 1941?
Cliff Stearns
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The person whose e-mail was jbjohnson@sfchronicle.com wrote an article for the San Francisco Chronicle on 5/16/01 about supervisors in what county?
Contra Costa County
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What senator born on November 21st, 1944 insisted on a commission being created for consumers to express their concerns regarding prices and shortages of energy?
Dick Durbin
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The Politico reporter that has won dozens of national and state awards that has also worked The San Francisco Examiner, published a story at a different former employer on June 2nd, 2001 regarding who taking money from powerful people involved with the energy business?
S. David Freeman
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The news service that shared a story titled "California Governor's Spokesman Says He Bought Calpine Stock" on 7/30/01 ran a story by what person on 3/15/01 about a canceled deal between Enron and Blockbuster?
C. Bryson Hull
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Thinkers from which of the core companies of the Tokyo-based Japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing company participated in the Computer and Electronics Stewardship event alongside people from Xerox, Philips, and Pitney Bowes?
Mitsubishi Electric
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Of the companies that own capacity on the El Paso pipeline, which operates a 21,000 square foot trading floor in Tulsa, Oklahoma?
Williams Energy
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Sen. James M. Jeffords served a state that was part of a geographic region comprised of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire and what other state besides Jeffords' home state?
Connecticut
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What is the name of the subsidiary of the company that plans to merge with GPU?
PennPower
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What newsletter incorrectly reported how much Avolo received in a round of financing and also incorrectly reported the URL for Rtime?
VentureWire
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[ { "title": "e7723_p38", "sents": [ "-- St. Paul Venture Capital said engineering executive Tom Rowbotham will be the second venture partner at the company's Boston office as part of its expansion into New England.", "Tom Rowbotham was most recently director of technology at British Telecom.", ...
Robert Lane Greene was the editor for the website associated with a weekly magazine-format newspaper that was founded by what person in 1843?
James Wilson
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Who wrote this Spanish novel about the nobleman from the village where Enrgias Eolicas Europeas landed the financing package to build 31 wind parks with several hundred million euros from European banks?
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
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Dr. Hsu is referred to as the Asian version of the Silicon Valley venture capitalist that was born in what year?
1951
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The Chief Executive Officer of Edison International who said that prompt implementation of a memorandum of understanding could avoid the large costs of a SoCal Edison bankruptcy was born in what year?
1943
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In what sport was the Australian businessman, appointed the chairman of the fiber optics company, Optium, involved in?
auto racing
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Which Indian politician was the chief of the Hindu nationalist Shiv Sena party and called for trade unions from every ideology to join together in opposition of the policy of globalisation?
Uddhav Bal Keshav Thackeray
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What is the birth date of this American businessman who represented EchoStar Communications and Dish Netowrk, and proposed to acquire Hughes Electronics and expand its satellite Internet service?
March 1, 1953
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[ { "title": "e26651_p0", "sents": [ "'Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Email Alert Morning Market View(TM) for Wednesday, December 26, 2001 as of 9:30AM EST Information provided by Schwab Center for Investment Research MERRY CHRISTMAS!", "United States equity index futures are pointing to a slightly lo...
In which year was this Australian politician born in 1931 elected to the Parliament of Queensland, who was with Moody's at the time when the Indian government was in a dispute with Enron over the Dabhol plant?
1983
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To which entity, as well as the California Independent System Operator, did this utility, which California Governor Davis accused of manipulating the wholesale energy market, claim it was owed $252 million?
California Power Exchange
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What financial backer in Gillette Global Network is also an investor in Millenia Vision?
Encore Venture Partners
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In the 04/05/2001 National Post editorial piece, which region did the head of Enron Corporation say should open its power market?
Ontario
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Which entities fund this research group for which Sean Randolph served as president?
regional business and government agencies
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What financial backer in NETdelivery is also an investor in DigiLens?
Apex Investment Partners
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The largest energy infrastructure business in North America a proposed the Sonoran Pipeline as a joint venture with which other company?
Calpine Corp
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What educator, consultant, advisor, investor and veteran media executive is also an editor-in-chief of a website that is owned by both Microsoft and General Electric's NBC?
Merrill Brown,
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In what place did the California politician, who commented on Gray Davis' declining poll numbers and how the public was angry with him, come in during the 2010 ballot for Oakland Mayor?
second place
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The person that was replaced as Governor by George Deukmejian was born on what date?
April 7, 1938
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The company for which Greg Smith has been named president invested in the $35.5 million second round of funding of what company?
Optium
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Intertainer, a small company founded in 1997, has launched a new VOD service that is available in Willow Grove, PA and one other city at the current time. In what year was this other city settled?
1788
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What is the surname of the former California official who's middle name is Miguel and who as a private citizen sued several major power producers?
Bustamante
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Which telecommunications equipment company with its headquarters in Murray Hill entered in a co-marketing agreement with Agrogroup to integrate Agrogroup's products with this company's wireless technology?
Lucent Technologies
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Which firm invested in both Acta and Kymata?
Comdisco Ventures
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What is the company that raised $7.65 million with backers like Youngtree partners, SBIC, Hudson Venture Partners and the firm that sponsored Appro Systems?
Bla-Bla.com
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Which firm has invested in both PDQuick and MarketMAX?
Putnam Internet Partners
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According to Ms. Applebaum, what financial services company that was later acquired by Wells Fargo, may have invested along with Enron in some of its partnerships?
Wachovia
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Allan Jaffe served as VP of Sales for which company that had Keith Rinne join in a senior position and was backed by Accel Partners, Crosspoint Venture Partners, Intel, and several others?
New Edge Networks
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In the 2001 edition of FORTUNE's ranking of the 50 Most Powerful Women in America, what rank did the woman who was born in 1950 and co-founded Brysam Global Partners hold?
33
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What is the name of the chief of staff for the politician who met with Ken Lay to discuss the oil and gas issues and served as the governor in the state whose capital city is nicknamed "Mile-High City?"
Roy Palmer
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With whom did a CERA Senior director collaborate on an article for the Washington post, titled "California in the Dark"?
Dan Yergin
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Who was the Oil Minister for this kingdom that produced about 2.5 billion cubic feet of gas a day as of 2000?
Ali al-Nuaimi
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With which company does the US corporation, which was awarded stakes in the Red Sea gas package by Saudi Arabia, owned the 49 percent shares of DEL?
TotalFinaElf
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Which political party did this politician identify with, who was Mayor of San Jose in May 2001?
Democratic Party
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What veteran judge with 27 years of experience in discussing El Paso Merchant's market share said that the geographic circumstances would determine a great deal of their market share and their results?
Curtis L. Wagner Jr.
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The Kenyan politician, born on 2 September 1924, who served as the third Vice President of Kenya visited the parliament for the first time in his capacity as president in support of a bill meant to reduce what?
corruption
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[ { "title": "Daniel arap Moi", "sents": [ "Daniel Toroitich arap Moi (born 2 September 1924) is a former Kenyan politician who served as the second President of Kenya from 1978 to 2002.", "Through popular agitation and external pressures, he was forced to allow multiparty elections in 1992; he le...
In the 10/26/2001 report by the company that disseminates full-text press releases from companies and organizations to news media and is owned by Berkshire Hathaway, which benefits of Enron employees' were mentioned as being investigated by another company?
retirement and 401(k) plans
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The person who wrote a 4/23/01 article for the Wall Street Journal about the merger between South Korea's two largest retail banks wrote a story two days later about what country announcing its first ever delisting of a company?
China
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Verizon has approximately 200,000 miles of fiber optic cable on an island that is how far away from Manhattan?
0.35 miles
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This company who will acquire Giganet for about 4 million shares and is putting Giganet CEO Neil Ferris on their board of directors, is a corporation that is described as providing network connectivity as well as monitoring and managing what?
hardware and software
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[ { "title": "e8778_p3", "sents": [ "http: www.atviso.com Emulex Acquires Giganet for $645 Million mail this story?", "top COSTA MESA, Calif. (VENTUREWIRE) -- Emulex, a publicly traded supplier of Fibre Channel host adapters, said it has agreed to acquire Giganet, a developer of IP networking serv...
The investors in myCFO are Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Amerindo Investment Advisors, Barksdale Group, Northern Trust Company, Presidio Venture Partners, individual investors, and a computer and network security company of what nationality?
American
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The Republican congressman who has represented Texas's 6th district since 1985 sponsored a bill that was approved in the subcommittee he chairs by a vote of 17-13 that was aimed at easing electricity distribution problems in which state?
California
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[ { "title": "Joe Barton", "sents": [ "Joe Linus Barton (born September 15, 1949) is a Republican politician, representing 's 6 congressional district () in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1985, and a member of the Tea Party Caucus.", "The district includes Arlington, part of Fort Worth, ...
The journalist who was Director of the School of Communication and Media at Montclair State University after having received a BA in political science from Washington University in 1974, he worked as editor-in-chief for a website that was jointly owned but which two entitites?
Microsoft and General Electric's NBC
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Which company that considered a merger with Northwest Natural did this American businessperson born on July 14, 1951 serve as president for?
PGE
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[ { "title": "Peggy Fowler", "sents": [ "Peggy Y. Fowler (born July 14, 1951) is an American businessperson in the state of Oregon.", "She was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Portland General Electric (PGE), and as of 2007 was the 11th highest paid CEO in Oregon.", "A native of Idaho, s...
What is the name of the generator that the Anaheim General Manager said could meet environmental regulations and produce power for less than the market cost during peak periods?
Cummins-Westport generator
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Calpine Corp is based in a city where the area bounded by Hillsdale Avenue to West Capitol Expressway on the north is referred to as what?
South Side
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[ { "title": "e26279_p101", "sents": [ "San J ose-based Calpine Corp., which is building several new power plants around California including one in South San Jose, did only $29 million worth of b usiness with the state in the first five months of the year, according to t he figures.", "The state ...
What position did both Matthew Yi and Carl Ingram have at their respective newspapers?
Staff Writer
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