Access control system topologies. 1  Work load on the host PC is significantly reduced, because it only needs to communicate with a few main controllers. 2  The overall cost of the system is lower, as sub-controllers are usually simple and inexpensive devices. 3  All other advantages listed in the first paragraph apply.
This excerpt taken from the CVX 10-K filed Mar 9, 2004. Texaco Merger Transaction. On October 9, 2001, Texaco Inc. (Texaco) became a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (Chevron) pursuant to a merger transaction, and Chevron changed its name to ChevronTexaco Corporation.
San Francisco-based Chevron purchased Gulf for $13.2 billion last April after the Pittsburgh oil giant put itself up for sale to avoid a hostile takeover bid by maverick oilman T. Boone Pickens Jr., a catalyst for several major oil industry mergers.