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• Wildcatting — A policy instituted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that calls for the review of an entire industry whenever critical problems (such as accounting fraud) are found within one or two companies in the industry. The origins of this… …   Investment dictionary

• wildcatting — n. any of various undomesticated black striped felines; aggressive person; experimental drilling; daring business venture; locomotive without cars (Slang) v. perform exploratory drilling; search (as for oil) adj. rash, hasty; risky (e.g. of a… …   English contemporary dictionary

• wildcatting — /ˈwaɪldkætɪŋ/ (say wuyldkating) Mining –noun 1. the enterprise of drilling for oil, gas or underground water in areas where their existence is not established. –adjective 2. of or relating to such an enterprise …  

• Zapata Corporation — (NYSE|ZAP) is a holding company based in Rochester, New York and originating from an oil company started by a group including the former United States president George H. W. Bush. Various writers have found links between the company and the… …   Wikipedia

• Thomas J. Devine — worked for the CIA, and was an oil wildcatting associate of George H. W. Bush. Devine helped Bush found Zapata Offshore in 1953 and he was an unnofficial foreign affairs advisor to Representative Bush in the 1960s. He accompanied Bush on a trip… …   Wikipedia

• Charles Deaton — Charles U. Deaton (January 1, 1921 December 18, 1996) was an architect who designed the futuristic Sculptured House featured in the film Sleeper, and Kansas City s Arrowhead Stadium and Kauffman Stadium. Deaton was born in Clayton, New Mexico and …   Wikipedia

• Black Gold (TV series) — Black Gold Season 1 Title Card Format Reality television (Documentary Style) Created by Thom Beers …   Wikipedia

• George Berkeley Ross — (January 24, 1918 September 1, 2006) was an early pioneer of information technology in the American petroleum industry.BiographyCareerIn 1936, Ross started his career working as a mail boy for Humble Oil in Midland, Texas, the epicenter of the… …   Wikipedia

• Jack Kemp — Infobox Officeholder name = Jack Kemp, Jr. imagesize = 200px small caption = order = 1996 Republican Vice Presidential nominee term start =August 16, 1996 term end =November 5, 1996 runningmate = Bob Dole opponent = Bill Clinton/Al Gore… …   Wikipedia

• Sid McMath — Infobox Governor name= Sidney Sanders McMath caption=Sid McMath, from the cover of his autobiography Promises Kept (University of Arkansas Press, 2003) order= 34th office= Governor of Arkansas term start= January 11, 1949 term end= January 13,… …   Wikipedia

• Bud Adams — Date of birth January 3, 1923 (1923 01 03) (age 88) Place of birth Bartlesville, Oklahoma Position(s) Co founder of the American Football League (1960 69) Founder/owner of Houston Oilers/Tennessee Oilers/Tennessee Titans Founder/former owner …   Wikipedia