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  2. Citroën - Wikipedia

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    The second major issue was the lack of a powerful engine, suitable for export markets. The post-WW2 Tax horsepower system in France was steeply progressive and vehicles over 2.0 (later 2.8) litres displacement, faced a heavy annual tax, with the result that cars made in France were considered underpowered outside the country. [32]

  3. Punch-marked coins - Wikipedia

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    Coin finds in the Kabul hoard (c. 380 BC), Mir Zakah hoards (c. 100 AD), Taxila Bhir Mound (c. 300 BC), or the Shaikhan Dehri hoard near Pushkalavati have revealed numerous Achaemenid coins as well as many Greek coins from the 5th and 4th centuries BC were circulating in the area, at least as far as the Indus during the reign of the Achaemenids (549 - 330 BCE), who were in control of the areas ...

  4. Almarai - Wikipedia

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    Almarai started its operations in 1977 by Irish brothers Alastair McGuckian and Paddy McGuckian and Prince Sultan bin Mohammed bin Saud Al Kabeer. [3] During the early years of the company's history, there was little infrastructure for the production and sale of milk in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

  5. Halliburton - Wikipedia

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    This is a foreign subsidiary and no U.S. person is involved in this. No U.S. person is facilitating any transaction. We are not performing directly in that country." No legal action has been taken against the company or its officials. [32] Later, David J. Lesar, Halliburton's chief executive, announced that Halliburton would withdraw from Iran ...

  6. Schlumbergera - Wikipedia

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    Schlumbergera is a small genus of cacti with six to nine species found in the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil.These plants grow on trees or rocks in habitats that are generally shady with high humidity, and can be quite different in appearance from their desert-dwelling cousins.

  7. File:Seal of Theodore I Laskaris (Schlumberger, 1891).png

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    Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 18:15, 20 October 2020: 758 × 340 (217 KB): Cplakidas: Uploaded a work by Original designs: unknown Byzantine-era artists; Sketches: Gustave Schlumberger (1844–1929) from Gustave Schlumberger.

  8. Viavi Solutions - Wikipedia

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    Viavi Solutions' history dates back to 1979 when Uniphase was started in a San Jose, California garage, as a manufacturer of lasers for chip makers and scanners. [3] Through mergers and acquisitions, the company eventually became known as JDS Uniphase, or simply JDSU.

  9. History of the hamburger - Wikipedia

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    Hamburger profile showing the typical ingredients: bread, vegetables, and ground meat. Open hamburger with cheese and fries served in an American diner. Evidence suggests that the United States was the first country where two slices of bread and a ground beef patty were combined into a "hamburger sandwich" and sold.