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T. Boone Pickens

Mr. Pickens was founder and chairman of BP Capital and architect of the Pickens Plan. Recent headlines provoked by two positive but modest developments — a slight early-summer decline in ... Read More

T. Boone Pickens’ legacy Mesa Vista Ranch looks to move forward after devastating wildfire

That’s what Bill Kent would tell you of the sprawling property that the late T. Boone Pickens assembled over decades in the Texas Panhandle. A little more than a week after the Smokehouse Creek ... Read More

World News

The United Nations and others said donors should resume support for UNRWA after a review found that Israel hadn’t backed up claims that many agency workers are members of terrorist groups. Read More

Boone's First Billion

T. Boone Pickens is the founder and ... wind corridor that runs from West Texas to Canada. Pickens is rated #368 on the Forbes List of World Billionaires and #131 on the Forbes List of Richest ... Read More

Oil billionaire Pickens puts his money on wind power

(CNN)-- Billionaire oilman T. Boone ... Pickens Plan" calls for investing in domestic renewable resources such as wind, and switching from oil to natural gas as a transportation fuel. In a news ... Read More

T. Boone Pickens Foundation donates $120M to OSU

while another $25 million will support the OSU Human Performance Innovation Complex to enhance the health of the community. “We are incredibly thankful to the T. Boone Pickens Foundation for ... Read More

T. Boone Pickens’ colossal Texas ranch finally sells after 5 years and $80 million price drop

After more than five years of languishing on the market, T. Boone Pickens’ 65,000-acre Roberts ... a 6,000-square-foot family home, a two-story gate house, a storage facility for hunting gear ... Read More

Health news

Airborne viruses will be called "pathogens that transmit through the air" under new terminology the World Health Organization hopes will end a scientific rift that hampered the early response to ... Read More

World News

Britain’s Parliament passed contentious legislation to allow the deportation of asylum seekers to the African country, a political victory for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. By Mark Landler and ... Read More

World News

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met with the head of the International Criminal Court as he faces an ongoing investigation by the tribunal into crimes against humanity for his crackdown on ... Read More

World News

U.S. News // 2 days ago House passes $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan April 20 (UPI) -- The Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Saturday passed a long ... Read More