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Texaco was one of the Seven Sisters which dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s. Its current logo features a white star in a red circle (a reference to the lone star of Texas), leading to the long-running advertising jingles "You can trust your car to the man who wears the star" and "Star of the American Road."
The DeMarco Sisters were originally a vocal trio consisting of Anne, Gina, and Gloria. Believing in their talent, the DeMarcos' father moved his family from Rome, New York, to an apartment in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn , in the hopes of earning the girls a contract with NBC radio. [ 5 ]
The expression "Seven Sisters" was coined by the head of the Italian state oil company (), Enrico Mattei, [22] who sought membership for his company, but was rejected.The history of the supermajors traces back to the seven oil companies which formed the "Consortium for Iran" cartel and dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s.
The Seven Sisters hold a major position in this market structure. Formed in the 1950s, the group was an alliance of seven multinational oil companies in the world. The member organizations Exxon, Mobil, Socal, Royal Dutch-Shell, BP, Texaco and Gulf held dominance over 85% of the petroleum
Gulf Oil was a major global oil company in operation from 1901 to 1985. [1] The eighth-largest American manufacturing company in 1941 and the ninth largest in 1979, Gulf Oil was one of the Seven Sisters oil companies.
A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first Black female principal in NYC.
Miley Cyrus was clearly “out to have a good time” with her mother, Tish Cyrus, in celebration of Saturday Night Live’s milestone 50th anniversary. Miley, 32, and Tish, 57, walked the red ...
As a result, the world's oil was largely in the hands of seven corporations based in the United States and Europe, often called the Seven Sisters. [5] Five of the companies were American (Chevron, Exxon, Gulf, Mobil, and Texaco), one was British , and one was Anglo-Dutch (Royal Dutch Shell). [4]