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Ray Barrett: Miscellaneous
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At the age of 12 Ray won an eisteddfod, which was broadcast on 4BH radio, with a musical monologue about a dog named 'Paddy'. This was to set him on a different path from his dream of boatbuilding.
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"It does not have the whole Social Security number, it has the last four digits," Barrett said. Barrett said the thefts won’t affect any upcoming elections but raised the question of security.
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In March 2000 Barrett retired again. The company he built now became a takeover target for a major oil company, Royal Dutch/Shell Group, which in March 2001 made an unsolicited bid of $1.8 billion. Barrett Resources resisted the overture, instead putting itself up for sale in the hope of attracting a better deal from a "white knight" bidder. Another buyer soon emerged in the familiar form of the Williams Companies, which had bought out Bill Barrett's Rainbow venture 25 years earlier. Although Shell upped its offer for Barrett Resources, Williams offered more, nearly $2.8 billion in cash and stock, driving Shell from the field.
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