So the $12 billion joint venture unveiled on February 1st by Shell and Cosan, a big Brazilian producer of ethanol, marks something of a reversal.In Brazil, the world's most mature market for ethanol, the two firms will pool their retail operations.
Unexpectedly, the crisis in the public finances may improve co-operation by making forces pool their resources.
European telcos have also informally discussed the possibility of creating a pan-European shared network — in a scenario that could lead to rivals pooling their infrastructure to simplify operations and create cost savings.
Differently, Friedel et al. (2009) went into operation by simply pooling their purification experiments.
A trustee bank oversees the pool's operations, ensuring that payments made by borrowers go to the appropriate investors.
The state has hired an interim investment manager to restore stability to the pool, and Gov. Charlie Crist has called for a review of the pool's operations by outside lawyers.
Milstream had certain advantages over other users, including special access to information about the dark pool's operations and to data connections that made it easier to track activity on the platform.
He must convince antitrust authorities in Brussels and Washington that American and British Airways (BA) should be allowed to merge their transatlantic operations, pooling revenues, integrating flights and co-ordinating fares.
Candidates in four special elections in Brooklyn and the Bronx worked feverishly into the night yesterday, with their staffs making phone calls, putting together car pool operations and placing final touches on efforts to draw voters to the polls today.
In August 2007 a group of clinicians, epidemiologists, exposure scientists, pool operations experts, and analytical chemists met to discuss the literature on childhood asthma and swimming pools, and to develop recommendations for future research.
