Tag: pioneer
Exxon Mobil buys Pioneer Natural in $60 billion deal
(Finance) – After the rumors of the last few days, the official announcement has arrived on the largest acquisition in over 20 years for Exxon, i.e. since the 1999 deal…
L’Express, pioneer newspaper (1/4)
Check out the first episode of our anniversary series: L’Express, a pioneer newspaper. Xavier Yvon and Anne Marion, documentalist at L’Express, take you to meet Christiane Collange, sister of Jean-Jacques…
Forgotten London-born Hollywood film pioneer gets his due in new book
News Local News Entertainment Books A long-forgotten Hollywood film pioneer from London is the subject of a new book by Western University lecturer Mark Kearney. Published Aug 27, 2023 •…
Legendary record label pioneer dead
For more than 25 years, the label launched blockbuster albums with artists such as Carole King, Peter Frampton, the Carpenters, Janet Jackson and Sting. Jerry Moss teamed up with Herb…
Yleisradio’s sports reporting pioneer Juha Jokinen has died
Yleisradio’s long-time sports reporter and Urheiluruutu’s screen face Juha Jokinen has died at the age of 85 from a sudden illness on the tennis court on Wednesday. Born in 1937…
Breakthrough in treatment of kidney patients, UMC Utrecht pioneer in research
Utrecht – Researchers think that a new dialysis method, called hemodiafiltration, will definitely provide better treatment for patients with kidney failure. It would be more effective than the usual hemodialysis…
Sim pioneer Sally Bauer’s life becomes a movie
Sally Bauer became known throughout Sweden as a long-distance swimmer in the 1930s, when, after crossing both the Öresund and the Kattegat, she swam across the English Channel between Great…
The image of King Charles has changed over the decades: The ridiculous nature fool turned out to be a pioneer
He became king at the age of 70 last fall Charles III is the oldest ruler in the history of his country. Charles, who is celebrating his coronation at the…
Olympics 2024: Quentin Rakotomalala, pioneer of men’s synchronized swimming in France
At 19, Quentin Rakotomalala, originally from Marseille and bronze medalist in men’s synchronized swimming at the European Championships, was able to change mentalities about this sport practiced mainly by girls.…
Death of French glaciologist and pioneer of climatology Claude Lorius
Claude Lorius was 91 years old and was the first to highlight the role of CO2 in global warming. In 2008, he received the Blue Planet Prize, a kind of…