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Which investor backed both Escrow.com and WebCT?
Chase Capital Partners
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Which investor contributed towards WanWall's $3.5 million in seed funding and the $10 million round of equity funding for FolloWAP where Star Ventures was a new investor?
Koor Corporate Venture Capital
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[ { "title": "e3375_p12", "sents": [ "EyeWonder also earns revenue through licensing its streaming video platform.", "http: www.eyewonder.com Web Security Firm WanWall Secures Funding from Intel mail?", "top TEL AVIV, Israel (VENTUREWIRE) -- WanWall, which develops technology designed to imp...
Which person reporting on Monday 5/21/01 for CNN INSIDE POLITICS about the Bush Administration endorsing the recommendations of the Mitchell Committee was a person born on December 21, 1966?
Kelly Wallace
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What is the name of the School of Management at the university that had the sixth-largest main campus student body in the U.S. during the 2013-2014 school year?
Carlson School of Management
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What American construction company, which is a subsidiary of the German company Hochtief, does Ron Vitug work for?
Turner Construction
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Which member of the National Rifle Association's board of directors at the time Charlton Heston was elected to his fourth term as president of the organization was a military historian convicted in the Iran-Contra affair?
Oliver North
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[ { "title": "Oliver North", "sents": [ "Oliver Laurence North (born October 7, 1943) is an American political commentator and television host, military historian, \"New York Times\" best-selling author, and former United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel.", "He was convicted in the Iran-Cont...
The Dean of the Haas School was mentioned in an article titled "Inside Track Business Education" on April 9, 2001, in the Financial Times; in what year was this person born?
1947
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The person who wrote in a report to investors that dismantling some of the partnership would cost Enron or its shareholders as much as $3 billion said he was not concerned about the recent cancellation of a deal with what entity to deliver movies on demand via Enron's broadband network?
Blockbuster Inc.
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A study by Dr. Benjamin Zycher was published in fall 2001, showing how direct access to electric power served the interests of consumers and the California economy; in what year was the think tank that published this study founded?
1979
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The firm that invested in WOW alongside ABRY Broadcast Partners is headquartered in what city?
New York
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Kroger is based in an Ohio city that is the seat of which county?
Hamilton County
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Charan Khurana of PhoneFree has previously worked for a research company that is owned by which Finnish company?
Nokia
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[ { "title": "e3787_p39", "sents": [ "The company is backed by $38 million from Convergence Partners, Crosspoint Venture Partners, Infineo n Technologies, InveStar, and TriQuint Semiconductor.", "http: www.tropian.com Akara Appoints Unisphere Networks' CEO to Board OTTAWA (VENTUREWIRE) -- Akara, w...
Who served as Chief Executive of this corporation, which owned the water and sewage unit called Azurix Buenos Aires, during the time when Sens. Byrd and McConnell advanced legislation that would give billions of tax credits for utilities under Bush?
Kenneth Lay
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Which biologist and professor at MIT, born in 1942, has received the UC Berkeley Campus Outstanding GSI Award?
Robert Weinberg
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Mr. Dhaul was referring to the direction of the governing body that was incorporated under the Electricity Regulatory Commission Act 1998, of Central Act in August 1999 to the MSEB to buy what from the cheapest available sources?
power
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[ { "title": "Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission", "sents": [ "Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) (http://www.merc.gov.in) is a governing body to control certain regulatory and safety functions in Maharashtra based in Mumbai.", "It was incorporated under the Electricit...
The person directly prior to Steven Kelly on the recipient list of a 4 27 2001 06:17 PM e-mail from Jeff Dasovich concerning recent events with SB 28x was an executive director with what organization?
Independent Energy Producers
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The news service that ran a story on 4/10/01 titled "Govt to seek conciliation with Enron unit on Maharashtra power issue: Sinha" ran a story on 3/22/01 about which company being lower amidst deteriorating market conditions following it reaffirming guidance?
Enron
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What's the slogan of the daily newspaper for which Todd Wallack wrote an article about the revenues of construction giants on June 25, 2001?
America's Newspaper
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Edison agreed to pay off $14-million in debt to Long Beach, which sold Edison electricity produced at a garbage fueled power plant on an island located in what Los Angeles neighborhood?
San Pedro
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[ { "title": "e20017_p29", "sents": [ "The frustration on the part of the power generators appeared to mount Tuesday, when Edison announced that it had reached an agreement to pay off its $14-million debt to the city of Long Beach, which sold Edison electricity produced at a trash-fueled power plant on ...
What is the date of birth for the person who is considered a leading expert on electricity deregulation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology?
June 30, 1947
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The spiritual teacher that led a 30 day international prayer vigil beginning on Tuesday, September 18, 2001 has published how many New York Times number one best selling books?
four
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The online company founded by Joseph Park and Yong Kang in March 1998 was backed by Amazon.com, Flatiron Partners, Chase Capital Partners, Hambrecht & Quist Group, New York City Investment Fund, Liberty Digital, Oak Investment Partners, J.W. Seligman & Co., Thomas Weisel Partners, and which other investor?
Triad Media Ventures
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The stadium just west of Zellerbach Hall is the home of which college men's basketball team?
University of California Golden Bears
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The Milan based company that is one of the largest tire producers in the world and a subsidiary of ChemChina invested how much money in Alloptic after Alloptic raised $19.7 million from other investors?
$12M
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The President who took down the solar panels that Jimmy Carter installed on the White House roof was born in what year?
1911
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Where does the firm who, along with Foundation Capital, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. and SAP helped raise $24.1 million for Tea Leaf, invest in companies?
the United States and India
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Robert Longo was the president and CEO of an educational software company before leaving to join Emerald Partners; the software of this company was created by researchers from which university?
Carnegie Mellon University
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In what year was the company founded whose optical technology was developed at the Optical School of the United States University with the largest undergraduate enrollment at one campus?
2000
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Who was promoted to VP of marketing from senior director, for the network storage developer which raised $17 million in its round two funding?
Robin Harris
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What was the full name of the University that the Applied Physics professor was associated with who was a headliner at the 2001 February conference whose other headliners included Patrick Nettles, John Bowers, and Don Smith?
California Institute of Technology
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"Jack: Straight from the Gut" was written by a CEO that was born in what year?
1935
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The primarily natural gas distributor founded in 1859 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon agreed to buy what entity from Enron?
Portland General
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According to Greg Wassilkowsky, what kind of plants does he expect to thrive amid competition from efficient new plants, as sourced by the agency primarily concerned with environmental protection in the state of Illinois?
gas-fired plants
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[ { "title": "Illinois Environmental Protection Agency", "sents": [ "The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) of the state of Illinois is the primary body concerned with the protection of the environment for the state.", "The Illinois EPA's mission is \"to safeguard environmenta...
What conference in 2000 will feature both Safi Qureshy, Daniel Rimer, David P Anderson, and Shishir Mehrotra as guests?
Technology Outlook 2000
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Which former chief financial officer of the Houston based company that was purchased by Dynergy for $9.27 billion in stock and $15 billion in assumed debt was forced out of the company due to an SEC investigation into partnerships he had?
Andrew Fastow
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On 4/6/200 the Ministry of Information Industry's Web site announced foreign companies, including Hong Kong aren't allowed to invest in telecom networks until China enters an organization that began in what year?
1995
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Of the members that have been appointed to the Computer Technology Committee, which was born January 29th, 1949?
Julie Hamos
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The fourth iteration of what venture capital fund, that was founded in 1993, raised $256 million?
Forward Ventures
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Which founding partner in Beacon Economics was a visiting professor at UCLA that worked with a team out of Cambridge that dealt with energy research?
Christopher Thornberg
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Holt Companies owns an NBA team that plays its home games where?
AT&T Center
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In which year was this US-based global supplier of telecommunications network equipment founded, whose stock value dropped 30 percent due to the disappointing earnings on the day the CEO of Enron resigned?
1992
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Which 2001 event at Haas School of Business University of California, Berkeley, did this economist born March 18, 1947 in Wooster, Ohio who is the chief economist at Google, participate in discussion with Ben Hermalin, Janet Yellen, and others?
Economic Outlook Forum 2001
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[ { "title": "Hal Varian", "sents": [ "Hal Ronald Varian (born March 18, 1947 in Wooster, Ohio) is an economist specializing in microeconomics and information economics.", "He is the chief economist at Google and he holds the title of emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley wh...
Which government, centered in New Delhi, is the counter guarantor of the contract over which the DPC is engaged in a contractual dispute?
Government of India
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For which firm did this American businessman and investor of the Jewish Nazarian family born in 1955 serve as CEO, who also served on the board of Switchpoint?
Omninet
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Which of the groups listed on the TP conference 2000 investor index is a private equity investment firm which targets companies with enterprise values of $100-750 million across a broad range of industries?
Charlesbank Capital Partners
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Of the offshoot energy companies that came to be out of an attempt to take advantage of deregulation, which has a headquarters in New Jersey?
NRG Energy
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Beth Sawi from The Charles Schwab Corporation received a degree from which private research university founded in 1852 and incorporated in Massachusetts?
Tufts University
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The actor who has starred in films such as Footloose, Mystic River and A Few Good Men has a game using their namesake called what?
"six degrees of Kevin Bacon,"
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Which firm has provided funding to both Wayport and SigmaTel?
Invesco Private Capital
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Which firm has invested in both NARUS and myCFO?
Presidio Venture Partners
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How much did a university award for first prize to the third annual champion, Rapt Technologies, for their entry related to semiconductor technology?
$50,000
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The company, iExchange.com, will be based out of a certain city. In 2016, what was the population of that city?
1,317,929
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PocketMail Group is a company that's based in a certain city. What is a nickname for those that live in that city?
Sydneysiders
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The writer that wrote a story with Dale Kasler and Ed Fletcher published on May 10, 2001 can be contacted at what website?
www.sacbee.com
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How much in capital does this Palo Alto, CA-based growth equity firm have under management, which sponsors Annuncio along with Philips Publishing, Wells Fargo, Mitsubishi, and others?
$6B
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[ { "title": "e3442_p7", "sents": [ "Annuncio is backed by Advanced Technology Ventures, Comdisco Ventures, Dell Computer Jamieson & Co., Mitsubishi, NBC Internet, Norwest Venture Partners, Onset Ventures, Phillips Publishing, Pogue Capital Management, United States Bancorp Piper Jaffray, and Wells Farg...
What Indian politician that was born March 1st, 1951 was The Union Railway Minister?
Nitish Kumar
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The company that operated the 1188-megawatt Sizewell B nuclear power plant was overtaken in 2009 as the UK's largest example of its kind by what company?
Électricité de France
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Who did the person who was informed of the Perfect Commerce meeting date being delayed by Cameron Sellers at 2:09 PM on September 26, 2001 thank for getting his team a meeting with the right people in the report he sent on his 3/20/01 strategic sourcing meeting with Enron?
David Young
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Commissioner Fitzpatrick, sponsor of a November 21st conference concerning increasing opportunities for demand-side responses. was part of a commission composed of how many Governor-appointed individuals in Pennsylvania?
five
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Who was the State Controller of California at the time when it was revealed that the California Public Employees' Retirement System had connections with Enron during the energy crisis?
Kathleen Connell
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The study that became the focus of a heavily litigated effort to force FERC to use its authority to get California market participants to release market data was made by a group based in the Harvard Square district of what city?
Cambridge
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Who established the university that includes the Amos Tuck School of Business and the Thayer School of Engineering?
Eleazar Wheelock
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[ { "title": "e9986_p33", "sents": [ "Ms. Bourland will also retain her COO title.", "Ms. Bourland was a professor at Dartmouth College's Amos Tuck School of Business and an adjunct professor at Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering for nine years.", "Overstock.com is backed by individual...
Sam Wyly resigned as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of a company at around the same time that the company received a $53.5 million investment from the Dutch utility company Nuon; in which country is the company that received this investment based?
United States
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Which engineering firm is partially responsible for managing the government-owned, contractor-operated facility in Golden, Colorado that is funded by the US Department of Energy?
Bechtel
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[ { "title": "National Renewable Energy Laboratory", "sents": [ "The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located in Golden, Colorado, specializes in renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development.", "NREL is a government-owned, contractor-operated facility, and is funded ...
Of the journals Martha Amram has written articles for, which one was established in 1988 and published by Wiley-Blackwell?
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance
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[ { "title": "Journal of Applied Corporate Finance", "sents": [ "The Journal of Applied Corporate Finance is a quarterly academic journal covering research in corporate finance, including risk management, corporate strategy, corporate governance, and capital structure.", "It also features roundtab...
The man who was the Democratic leader of the California State Assembly from 1996 to 1998 was beaten in a run-off to become the new mayor of Los Angeles by which city attorney, who was also a Democrat?
James Hahn
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[ { "title": "Antonio Villaraigosa", "sents": [ "Antonio Ramón Villaraigosa ( ; born Antonio Ramón Villar Jr.; January 23, 1953) is an American politician who was the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, California, from 2005 to 2013.", "Before becoming mayor, he was a member of the California State Assembl...
For the movie "Pearl Harbor", Ben Affleck took to the seas aboard the carrier Constellation to film a scene involving a raid on Tokyo that was led by a person in April of 1942 who was born on what date?
December 14, 1896
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Which airport is the main hub of this Finnish airline and a member of the Oneworld airline allinace, which Jeorgen Lindegaard of the airline company SAS AB considered merging with?
Helsinki Airport
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[ { "title": "e27361_p7", "sents": [ "Lundbeck shed 6 to 284, despite Jyske Bank upgrading its recommendation to 'neutral' from 'reduce' and the price target to 300 dkr from 260 dkr following Lundbeck's earnings report last week.", "Novozymes B added 0.5 to 184. NeuroSearch was 10 lower at 205, Co...
In which city is this unit of International PLC located, a mile from where the energy company Caithness proposed to build a 750-megawatt power station?
Houston
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[ { "title": "e5974_p17", "sents": [ "Caithness had proposed a 750-megawatt power station, nearly the size of the defunct 800-megawatt Shoreham nuclear plant, at a site about a mile from the American National Power site.", "Last week a Caithness manager of project development, Daniel McBrearty, sa...
Miguel Bustillo, Nancy Rivera Brooks, Robin Fields and Greg Miller were all staff writers that were associated with what paper?
Los Angeles Times
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[ { "title": "e5589_p79", "sents": [ "\"While the administration repeatedly has rejected enforcing the law an d allowing price relief for Californians, it now seems to be coming together with the [energy] industry to run a campaign telling Californians tha t 'gouging is good,' Eshoo wrote.", "\"Ca...
The Nigerian Joint Venture company NLNG is owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Shell, an Italian company established in 1926 that was acquired by Eni in 2003, and which other company?
TotalFinaElf
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The person who David Freeman's job as a consultant for Department of Water Resources is working with has a wife who is a freshman what?
assemblywoman
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[ { "title": "e10418_p3", "sents": [ "He has had a discussion with the CEOs of the two utilities in question, he has sat in several meetings, he has a long history with the energy business, of which he is no longer a participant in or a shareholder in.", "His advice and counsel is very much apprec...
The person from California who was chosen to provide a testimonial in a presentation sanctioned by Gene Lockhart that focuses on Enron shares his name with a mining magnate who discovered which mine near Eureka, Utah while working as a prospector?
Humbug Mine
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Who is handling the response to the DWR proposal and also updates on the CPUC's schedule and the Commission workshop?
Jeanne Bennett
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[ { "title": "e301_p3", "sents": [ "This CPA would be subject to further allocation by the Commission to determine the Fixed Department of Water Resources Set-Aside.", "DWR is not asking that such allocation be done now.", "DWR's view of the world would place it in a sounder financial positi...
The company that traded under the symbol IMCL before it was acquired by Eli Lilly and Company originally planned to release a colon cancer treatment in May 2002, which was delayed; what was the name of this treatment?
Erbitux
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[ { "title": "ImClone Systems", "sents": [ "ImClone Systems Incorporated is a formerly independent biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing biologic medicines in the area of oncology.", "It was founded in 1984 and has its corporate headquarters in Bridgewater, New Jersey and its research ...
VentureWire printed a story that gave an incorrect website address to which investor in FusionOne?
El Dorado
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[ { "title": "e8613_p39", "sents": [ "Mr. Winters will oversee St. Paul's direct investments in publicly traded small capitalization companies, the latest extension of the firm's venture capital efforts.", "St. Paul Venture Capital closed a $1.3 billion venture fund in October.", "http: www....
Traders in the power sector noted that Spain would stay on the margins of European power trading in part because of the dominance of which public electric utility company based in Bilbao with over 31,000 employees?
Iberdrola
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[ { "title": "Iberdrola", "sents": [ "Iberdrola (] ) is a Spanish public multinational electric utility company based in Bilbao, Basque Country.", "Iberdrola has a workforce of around 31,330 employees in dozens of countries on four continents serving around 31.67 million customers.", "Subsid...
Besides Madrona Venture Partners, which other investor participated in Wireless Services Corp.'s Series A round of funding and Talisma's first round of funding?
SeaPoint Ventures
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[ { "title": "e4635_p6", "sents": [ "Prior to this investment, SCD held approximately 26.1% of CyOptics and now has 22.8%.", "CyOptics original shareholders, including SCD, also participated in the round.", "http: www.cyoptics.com New Money o Customer Management Firm Talisma Has $31.5 Millio...
Which Houston-based unit of International Power PLC is moving on with its plans for Yaphank without LIPA's endorsement?
American National Power
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[ { "title": "e5974_p21", "sents": [ "LIPA, meantime, must decide as early as this summer whether to exercise a one-year contractual option that began in May to purchase the aging Keyspan plants.", "The plants include units in Northport, Port Jefferson, Glenwood Landing, Island Park and Far Rockaw...
Which multinational energy company which entered California on 7/1/98 had 261 shutdowns in California during the period of March and April?
Duke Energy
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[ { "title": "e3070_p73", "sents": [ "Reliant also represented the largest amount of wattage lost among those companies.", "Plants owned by Reliant, AES, Mirant Corp. and Duke Energy accounted for more than half of the state's unplanned shutdowns, even though their generating capacity was no more ...
What is the date of birth for the person quoted in the article "The Dejavu Downturn" in Industry Standard on April 9?
August 13, 1946
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[ { "title": "e1312_p17", "sents": [ "Read the full article at http: eastbay.bcentral.com eastbay stories 2001 04 16 story8.html.", "Borenstein was also quoted in the San Jose Mercury News on April 12 on the possibility of blackouts this summer.", "Read the article at http: www0.mercurycente...
Which venture assistance fund and provider of advisory services and capital received a $10 million commitment from The California Public Employees Retirement System?
Silicon Valley Community Ventures
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[ { "title": "CalPERS", "sents": [ "The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is an agency in the California executive branch that \"manages pension and health benefits for more than 1.6 million California public employees, retirees, and their families\".", "In fiscal year 2012–...
What is the year of founding of the Italian company that was planning to build a 450 MW gas-fired power plant in Nigeria?
1926
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[ { "title": "e11016_p19", "sents": [ "Close to the Enron site lies Nigeria's biggest power station, the Lagos Thermal Power Station at Egbin.", "NEPA workers have been clearing sites there for equipment due to be shipped in by the Japanese engineering firm Maruben i.", "The company won the ...
In which year did this program start under the 42nd US President, which required aging power plants to comply with tough air pollution rules if their capacity changed significantly?
1999
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[ { "title": "Bill Clinton", "sents": [ "William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001.", "Prior to the presidency, he was the Governor of Arkansas during two separate...
The California Republican Assemblyman who sued Davis along with several news organizations, saying certain contracts used state money and should be open to the public, was born in what year?
1970
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[ { "title": "e5533_p24", "sents": [ "Davis appeared Wednesday as a San Diego superior court judge ordered the state to release the contract details by noon Friday.", "Several news organizations and Republican Assemblyman Tony Strickland, R-Thousand Oaks, sued Davis, saying the contracts used stat...
In what city is the entity based that Weyerhaeuser made a $5.4 billion hostile bid for?
Portland, Oregon
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[ { "title": "e8473_p2", "sents": [ "Though this is a significant victory for Airbus over Boeing, Qantas will also buy six long-range 747s.", "Boeing said that sales of its smaller 777 will exceed $18 billion this year, well ahead of similar Airbus planes.", "Creditors of Daewoo Motor, an in...
A Chief Judge said "We get hard things from the FCC, but this [case] is bizarre" after Laurel Bergold tried to clarify how the "average schedule" formula was applied to individual companies; in what year was this judge born?
1940
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[ { "title": "e10876_p3", "sents": [ "The judges spent as much time seeking information on how the \"average schedule\" mechanism works as they did questioning attorneys about their legal arguments.", "Judge David S. Tatel asked for clarification of how the \"average schedule\" formula was applied...
TransAlta Energy is based in a city that lies at the confluence of the Bow River with what other river?
Elbow River
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[ { "title": "e26279_p47", "sents": [ "Oscar Hidalgo, a spokesman for the water resources agency, said that the reports together show that price s were extremely volatile early in the year.", "\"All the prices were high,\" he said, noting the downward trend in costs since his agency began buying p...
Which software language which was used by Compaq to develop for the Windows system was originally developed by IBM in the 1950s?
Fortran
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What is the birthday of the politician who filed a class action lawsuit against out of state energy companies alongside Barbara Matthews?
January 4, 1953
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[ { "title": "e6065_p0", "sents": [ "'California Lt. Gov.", "Cruz Bustamante and Assemblymember Barbara Matthews (D-Tracy Stockton area), held a press conference today to \"introduce\" two new \"whistleblowers\" from Duke Energy's South Bay plant.?", "Bustamante and Matthews have filed a cla...
Rick Counihan was a spokesman for which U.S. company offering electricity products and carbon offsets when he said the utilities commissioner's proposal would allow allow customers to buy energy that better meets their needs even if it isn't cheaper?
Green Mountain Energy
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[ { "title": "e5914_p4", "sents": [ "``It leads to market discipline as well as innovation,'' DiMare said.", "Supporters argue the state, which approved a record $13.4 billion in bonds to cover power costs, can guarantee payment without killing off customer choice.", "They backed an alternat...
A United States Representative who was the Ways and Means Committee Chairman sponsored a piece of legislation that he called a shot of adrenaline to help restart the economy without triggering inflation; in what year was this Representative born?
1941
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[ { "title": "e20397_p40", "sents": [ "Democrats say the measure is certain to change once it reaches the Senate; the Bush administration also has signaled that $100 billion is too costly.", "\"It's clear the House bill cannot pass the Senate as it is,\" said Sen. John Breaux, D-La.", "For i...
Since which year did this American politician, who was the Senate Minority Leader while John Burton was John Burton and Robert Hertzberg was House Speaker, serve as the chairman of the California Republican Party?
2013
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[ { "title": "e1769_p0", "sents": [ "\"Rosalee: Thanks very much for helping arrange the meetings.", "Here is the list thus far.", "There may be additions.", "I've also suggested dates for the meetings.", "May 3rd in Sacramento (after the meeting with David Freeman): Governor Dav...
The person who criticized Gov. Gray Davis's administration, saying certain contracts had been "out there for a couple of months" and that confidentiality clauses were "an excuse I've never heard before", worked at the time at a consumer group based in which city?
San Francisco
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[ { "title": "e3564_p94", "sents": [ "Critics question whether the state is getting a good deal and wonder whether the bonds will cover the costs.", "Until now, Gov.", "Gray Davis has answered critics by arguing that revealing t he deals would jeopardize the state's bargaining position, expo...
Which energy company had gotten into the telecommunications industry in 1999 but was reported in August 2001 to be considering a sale of its telecommunications unit and also was cutting 70 Internet and telecommunications jobs?
Reliant Energy Communications
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[ { "title": "e27495_p45", "sents": [ "Aug. 7, 2001, 12:43AM Houston Chronicle Reliant unit goes on the sales block 70 lose jobs in Internet, telecommunications unit By MICHAEL DAVIS Copyright 2001 Houston Chronicle Reliant Resources put its Internet and telecommunications business up for s ale Monday a...
The university that is the home of the Wharton School is located in what US city?
Philadelphia
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[ { "title": "e646_p5", "sents": [ "At graduation, most students have between two to three energy-related internships on their resumes with starting salaries ranging from about $55,000 to more than $65,000. Energy companies are eager to hire these younger students as well.", "This year, all 12 sen...
Which newspaper first reported that the ASP provider, which raised $103 million from Crosspoint, Warburg Pincus and others, would shut down?
San Francisco Chronicle
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[ { "title": "e19925_p1", "sents": [ "Arcot Systems, maker of user authentication products, reported a $20 million Series E round led by new investor Goldman Sachs, while Elata, a software spinout of technology distribution firm Hugh Symons Group, raised a $9.1 million Series A round led by Royal Bank."...
The Assemblyman responsible for the quote "I think the people of California are either going to be part of the solution or part of the problem" in reference to struggles with mounting energy bills and blackouts in Kern County was born on what date?
March 21, 1954
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[ { "title": "e3430_p43", "sents": [ "And people in Kern County are getting hit with the same spring-loaded electricity bills, the same rolling blackouts as everybody else.", "\"I think the people of California are either going to be part of the solution or part of the problem,\" said Assemblyman ...
What was the biggest sum that California state spent on energy on a single day during the time when Davis's office was at odds with the State Controller Connell?
$81 million
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[ { "title": "e5995_p36", "sents": [ "His aides insisted Connell's warning of possibly higher costs was base d on incomplete information.", "Her price figures, they said, were skewed toward purchases made earlier in the year, when electricity and natural gas prices were significantly higher.", ...
Of the companies listed on the Technologic Partners investors index, which is a health services provider headquartered in Dallas, Texas that also operates in several other states as well as the United Kingdom?
Tenet Healthcare
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