Businesses booming despite economy Sep 2, 2008
Businesses under new management or ownership include Henderson-Boone Insurance which is now owned by Mechanics Bank, and the Exxon (across from Hardees) and Shell (formerly Cousins) gas stations which are now owned by Kangaroo Express, a convenience store chain based in Sanford, North Carolina. Two popular Pontotoc County restaurant also have changed owners. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
Tea Bowls and tea bowls Traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony Bowls by Peter Callas, Joe Campbell, Kristin Muller, Takao Okazaki, and Shane Sellers Jun 16, 2008
Gallery artists are included in the permanent collections of Cantor Fitzgerald, The Musee Elyse, The Museum of the City of New York, MOMA, the Whitney Museum, Exxon Energy, Hong Kong Museum of Art, the Bank of China, the Kohler Company, The New York Public Library, The University of Maryland, Healthlink, the Kimbell Museum, the National Gallery of Australia, The Houston Museum and the Klutznick National Jewish Museum among others. Ch'i director, Tracy Causey-Jeffery received her masters in art... (AbsoluteArts.com)
LETTERS: NCT, May 19, 2008 May 20, 2008
Type in"Misrepresentation of Barak's offer at Camp David as gererous and unprecedented. Ill pass on that Harry wrote on May 19, 2008 12:22 AM:Take a ride with you guys? Some of the guys in the volunteer police cars look to old to be driving. Bill wrote on May 19, 2008 2:34 AM:Hey Chris?Look what happens every time the Arab tribes are given land.In 1967, Israel attacked after getting intelligence reports of troop buildups along the Gaza strip and the Golan Heights.My guess is that you think they... (North County Times)
Letters to the Editor - 3/6/2008 Mar 7, 2008
They are Exxon, Mobil, Shell and all oil companies ... Exxon brazenly posted the largest profit in history for any corporation, ever ... " Scott Thom gave you his version, let me give you mine. While it is true that Exxon-Mobil did post the largest single profit in history, they also paid the highest corporate tax on that profit. Now, no one is fooling anyone here, it's our money that pays their corporate taxes, if structured properly. But, I'm pretty sure that no one knows that Exxon-Mobil's... (North County Times)
Blasts from the Past Sep 30, 2007
" These include the 1968-70 AMC AMX ("really taking off in the muscle-car market"), 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 ("fanatics drool over the possibilities of finding one in dear old Aunt Mildred's collapsing barn") and the 1970-71 Plymouth Barracuda ("'Cudas will remain top-shelf collector cars for as long as Exxon Mobil produces gasoline"). Unfortunately, some of these prized possessions can be priced beyond reason, particularly for fully restored models in like-new condition. For example at... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Limitless Sky Sep 29, 2007
30,000 of the 60,000 miles on their van was done driving between small dives, music venues, Exxon gas stations, Arby's and What-a-Burger (their favorite burgers in North Carolina). On the road, it's not uncommon for the van's gray interior to be lit with a glowing green and white halo of electricity from the three PSPs (PlayStation Portables), two DS Nintendos and three iPods the members have between them. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Vet therapy: When pets get plastic surgery Jul 22, 2007
Today the retailer may have captured the revenue lead among U.S. companies but, judging by the worth of all its shares - $198 billion - Wal-Mart is not valued as highly as such "smaller" giants as Exxon Mobil (capitalized at $426 billion) or GE ($361 billion) or even upstart Microsoft ($274 billion). The stock has a long way to go. (Newsday -- Business)
SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE CONSOLIDATED BUDGET May 25, 2007
EXXONVALDEZ (Loy, Anchorage Daily News)-- ANCHORAGE, Alaska: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco Wednesday rejected Exxon Mobil Corp.'s latest appeal in the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill case and ordered the company to pay $2. 5 billion in punitive damages. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
Daily News letters May 17, 2007
It's clear to everybody that BP, Exxon Mobil and Conoco Phillips are not going to get involved, or participate in any way, in the Alaska gas line project unless the state agrees to all of their terms. Since these companies own production rights to almost all of Alaska's gas, they are in a dominant position to impose their will on the state. (Anchorage Daily News)
Gas prices soar in Twin Cities May 6, 2007
wrote on May 05, 2007 4:28 PM:"Not going to the pumps May 15th means Big Oil gets paid the 14th or 16th? But if May 15th everyone stopped buying from Exxon/Mobile until they drop to 2$ it would have an impact. The other companies will not help them and when they discount the others will follow." ... wrote on May 04, 2007 12:40 PM:"Here is the real cause of the spike in gas prices, The CEO of Exxon-Mobil got a bloody nose and they had to raise the price of gas to pay his medical bill because his... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
