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Shale-Rich Northern Colorado County Floats Secession Idea

Shale-Rich Northern Colorado County Floats Secession Idea

One of Colorado’s richest local jurisdictions, Weld County, with extensive oil/natural gas and agricultural operations, in June launched discussions with a number of other counties in the northeastern part of the state about a move to secede and form a new state.

July 3, 2013

ExxonMobil’s Raymond Announces Retirement

Lee R. Raymond, who served as a lightning rod for environmental critics while steadily guiding ExxonMobil Corp. to become the world’s richest public company, on Thursday said he will retire at the end of this year.

August 5, 2005