Following Mobil's merger with Exxon, at the start of 2000 BP acquired all the petrol retailing assets as well as the Coryton refinery ( but sold it to Petroplus in 2007 ).

Following a merger, the vertically integrated firm can collect one deadweight loss by setting the downstream firm's output to the competitive level.

Following the merger, the rivalry waned in intensity as meetings between both teams were less frequent.

Following the merger, the Jets and Colts became division rivals in the AFC East.

Following the sale of 50 % of the car division Saab Automobile AB to General Motors, the main reason behind the merger with lorry manufacturer Scania-Vabis in 1968 had disappeared.

Following the announcement of the merger between Square and former competitor Enix in 2003, Square purchased back Electronic Arts ' stake in Square EA, and folded it back into Square Soft, Inc., its North American subsidiary, which was subsequently renamed Square Enix U. S. A., Inc. ( now Square Enix, Inc .) and continues to publish Square Enix's titles in North America.

Following a merger of unions in 1936, Callaghan was appointed a full-time union official and to the post of Assistant Secretary of the Inland Revenue Staff Federation and resigned from his Civil Service duties.

Following extensive merger and acquisition activity in the 1990s and 2000s, international markets are dominated by five firms, in alphabetical order: Altria, British American Tobacco ( represented in the U. S. market by a 42 % stake in Reynolds American, Inc .), Imperial Tobacco, Japan Tobacco, and Philip Morris International.

Following the merger, the university was named Sunday Times University of the Year in 2006 after winning the inaugural Times Higher Education Supplement University of the Year prize in 2005 .< ref >

Following the merger of the two tribes, the individual who wins immunity cannot have votes cast against him or her.

Following the merger, Pixar's John Lasseter was placed in charge of greenlighting all new animated films for the combined company under his new role of Chief Creative Officer.

Following the vote with a majority of its members supporting this merger, the IET was established on March 31, 2006.

Following the announcement of the UPN / WB merger creating The CW network, News Corporation announced the creation of MyNetworkTV to provide an alternative network for its O & O UPN affiliates on February 22, 2006.

Following the merger of the two channels northwest of the city centre the Oker runs north of the district of Watenbüttel in a culvert under the Mittelland Canal before it is joined by the Schunter from the east near Groß Schwülper.

Following the forced merger of the North West Company with the HBC in 1821, British Parliament applied the laws of Upper Canada to Rupert's Land and the Columbia District and gave enforcement power to the HBC.

Following the merger, the company started the PLoS Hub for Clinical Trials to collect journal articles published in any PLoS journal and relating to clinical trials.

Following the merger of BCTel with Telus of Alberta, GTE sold its interests in Québec Téléphone to Telus in August 2000, which renamed it Telus Québec on April 2, 2001.

Following the merger with London Guildhall University, London Metropolitan University became the largest unitary university in Greater London.

Following the forced merger of the North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company in 1821 ; the British Parliament imposed the laws of Upper Canada on British subjects in the Columbia District and Rupert's Land and gave the authority to enforce the laws to the Hudson's Bay Company.

Following the merger of East Germany and West Germany, the company was privatised in 1990.

Following the merger, Ramblers were badged as both Nashes and Hudsons, with no visible difference between the two.

Following the merger the studios were leased to Yorkshire Television in 1967 for recording pre-launch programming whilst their own studios were being constructed and in 1970 was sold to Manchester Polytechic and was the base for their theatre and television school.

Following Finsterwald's merger with the district of Elbe-Elster, twinning with the new district was reconfirmed in 1996.

Following the merger in January 2010, the newly expanded city of Lucerne had an area ( excluding lakes ) of.

Following the merger, Swiss Bank managers were surprised to discover the massive exposure to LTCM at UBS.

Following the 1940 release of Republic Pictures ' serial adaptation of Drums of Fu Manchu, the U. S. State Department requested the studio make no further films with the character as China was an ally against Japan.

Following the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, Alexander brought the 1st Infantry Division to France, where, in late May 1940, he successfully led the division's withdrawal to Dunkirk.

Following the collapse of the Ur-III dynasty at the hands of the Elamites ( 2002 BC traditional, 1940 BC short ), the Amorites gained control over most of Mesopotamia, where they formed a series of small kingdoms.

Following the occupation of Luxembourg by Germany on the 10 May 1940, recruitment for the Company of Volunteers continued until the 4 December 1940 when they were moved to Weimar in Germany to be trained as German police.

* 1940 – World War II: Following the initial Italian invasion, Greek troops counterattack into Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korytsa.

Following the severe territorial losses of 1940 ( see next section ), Carol was forced to abdicate, replaced as king by his son Mihai, but the power was taken by the military dictator Ion Antonescu ( initially in conjunction with the Iron Guard ).

* 1940 – World War II: Following the German defeat in the Battle of Britain, Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.

Following a July 1940 conference in Kiel, the Abwehr ( German intelligence ) launched an espionage campaign against Britain involving both intelligence gathering and sabotage.

Following the collapse of the last Sumerian " Ur-III " dynasty at the hands of the Elamites ( 2002 BC traditional, 1940 BC short ), the Amorites, another Semitic people, gradually gained control over most of southern Mesopotamia, where they formed a series of small kingdoms, while the Assyrians reasserted their independence in the north.

Following the Battle of France, General Charles de Gaulle formed the 1ère Compagnie d ’ Infanterie de l ’ Air in September 1940 from members of the Free French forces who had escaped to Britain.

Following her parole in 1940, she moved to Parsonsburg, Maryland, where she resided until her death in 1944.

Following the fall of France and the second French-German armistice, signed near Compiègne on 22 June 1940, life for many in France continued more-or-less normally.

Following the end of her marriage to the British actor Jack Hawkins, she moved to New York in 1940, where she met Canadian actor Hume Cronyn.

Following the devastating floods of 1916 and 1940, the US Army's Corps of Engineers constructed the W. Kerr Scott Dam and Reservoir on the Yadkin River four miles west of Wilkesboro.

Following World War II, Lawton enjoyed steady population growth with the population increasing from 18, 055 to 34, 757 from 1940 to 1950.

Following repeated broadcasts, by the end of July 1940, seven thousand people had volunteered for the Free French forces.

Following the fall of France ( 22 June 1940 ), BOAC aircraft kept wartime Britain connected with its colonies and the free world, often under enemy fire, and initially with desperate shortages of long-range aircraft.

Following the publication of his book The State of Music he established himself in New York City as a peer of Aaron Copland and was also a music critic for the New York Herald-Tribune from 1940 through 1954.

Following the German occupation of the Low Countries and France in May-June 1940, the Imperial Japanese Army began to show dissatisfaction with Yonai's anti German policy.

Following the canned The Sea Wolf project, Turner and Gable were set to star in The Uniform in December 1940.

Following the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1940 being awarded to Oslo, the Association for the Promotion of Skiing decided to build a larger in-run.

Following the Dunkirk evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force in 1940, the Nepalese government offered to increase recruitment to increase the total number of Gurkha battalions in British service to thirty-five.

Following training at the Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Virginia, Miller was assigned to the ammunition ship where he served as a Mess Attendant, and on January 2, 1940 was transferred to the battleship, where he became the ship ′ s main cook.

Following the fall of France in June 1940, additional transmitters were installed on the French coast.