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ConocoPhillips to sell U.S. gas stations to PetroSun
Oil giant ConocoPhillips agreed to sell its U.S. gasoline stations to PetroSun Fuel for $800 million to focus on the more profitable businesses of producing and processing petroleum. The sale includes 600 stations in 10 states with annual sales exceeding...Tags: Sales, ConocoPhillips
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ConocoPhillips to sell the rest of its filling stations to PetroSun Fuel
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHouston-based ConocoPhillips became the latest big oil company to get out of the filling station business, agreeing Wednesday to sell its last 600 U.S. gasoline stations to PetroSun Fuel of Seattle. The purchase price wasn't disclosed, but published...Tags: Sales, Energy Resources, Tower Energy Limited, Natural Resources, Petroleum Industry
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What Obama doesn't say tonight might speak volumes
Washington Post Writers GroupWhen Barack Obama feeds rhetorical fishes and loaves to the multitudes in the football stadium tonight, he should deliver a message of sufficient particularity that it seems particularly suited to Americans. One more inspirational oration, one general...Tags: National Government, Barack Obama, Defense Equipment, Economic Policy, Elections
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Going with flow often can lead in wrong directions
Nervous investors have been moving their money around during a difficult year that has supplied more punishment than reward. There is cold money: Nearly $26 billion in investor dollars flowed out of U.S. diversified equity funds in the first half of...Tags: 401K, Sales, Bonds, Philosophy, Research
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Price for barrel of crude fuels Canadian oil boom
the Associated PressThe largest dump truck in the world is parked under a mechanical shovel waiting to transport 400 tons of oily sand at an open-pit mine in the northern reaches of Alberta. Each Caterpillar 797B heavy hauler -- three stories high, with tires twice as...Tags: Shell Canada Limited, Petroleum Industry, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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$1.8 billion oil terminal, lines
Associated PressAn oil terminal and pipeline network expected to be built off the Texas Gulf Coast and open in about two years would be capable of handling nearly 20 percent of the nation's daily imported oil. Demand from expanding refineries along the coast, from...Tags: Enterprise Products Partners LP, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Heavy Engineering, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Stocks gain, lift Dow 12 on bullish financial news
From wire reportsWall Street finished mixed yesterday after investors largely shrugged off a jump in oil prices and focused instead on a bullish call on Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. that eased worries about the financial sector. Stocks ended off their lows of the...Tags: Integral Systems Incorporated, Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated, Business Enterprises, Dick's Sporting Goods Incorporated, New York Stock Exchange
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Environmentalism sprouts up on corporate boards
The Wall Street JournalMore U.S. corporate boards are going green. Amid rising investor worries over global warming and shrinking natural resources, directors are keeping a closer watch on environmental issues. Boards at Integrys Energy Group Inc., Quicksilver Resources Inc.,...Tags: Occidental Petroleum Corp., Corporations, Global Warming, PG&E Corporation, Natural Resources
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Iraqi Official Says Talks With Big Oil Are 'Still On The Table'
A senior Iraqi oil official disputed reports that talks had broken down between Iraq and major international oil companies over deals to boost output, saying Wednesday that negotiations were ongoing. A U.S. diplomat said Sunday that discussions over no-...Tags: Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Petroleum Industry, BP Plc
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Energy Firms Bid To Drill In Gulf Of Mexico
Associated PressEnergy companies bid hundreds of millions of dollars Wednesday to explore for oil and natural gas beneath 1.8 million acres in the western Gulf of Mexico, while looking forward to the possibility of future drilling in federal waters now off-limits. The...Tags: Energy, Political Candidates, John McCain, Elections, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Speculators are hardly the problem
By John R. Smith Some of the front page news these days is funnier than the comic strips. It's better than Daffy Duck when I read opinions about how oil speculators and oil company profits are driving up oil prices. Entertaining stuff, but it's not...Tags: John R Smith, National Government, Cartoons, Sales, Federal Reserve
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Progress against toxins in toys takes small steps
Chicago Tribune reporterWhen a nationwide ban on hormone-disrupting chemicals in soft plastic toys and cosmetics takes effect early next year, it will mark an important turning point in efforts to remove toxic compounds from consumer products. The ban on a group of chemicals...Tags: Toys, National Government, Material Science, Toy Industry, Beauty Products and Fragrances
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