Word: exxon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Saddam Hussein offers proof that he has nukes, and says, by the way, he'd really like to rule Kuwait. Oil prices soar. No one thinks about inflation; it's dead. The Dow jumps to a 265-point gain, led by Chevron and Exxon...
When is $300 billion not a lot of money? It would make every resident of Buffalo, N.Y., an instant millionaire. It equals 40 years of profit for Exxon. But if it comes from the tobacco industry, well, for a growing number of folks $300 billion is a sum to sniff at. This is the nightmare that proponents of a sweeping congressional tobacco settlement most feared: a greedfest from plaintiffs' lawyers and the public now that tobacco executives have come to the bargaining table. Consider the state of Missouri, which so far has steered clear of the tobacco suits. "I expect...
...portfolios in time for the three-day Easter holiday were also to blame. The bond market benefitted from those fears, with yields on 30-year Treasury bonds hitting 7.06 percent, up from 6.98 percent late Wednesday. Key victims of the frenzied sell-off included heavy weights Allied Signal, 3M, Exxon, Coca-Cola and Procter &Gamble. The dollar, meanwhile, also suffered, taking a slight dive to close at 123.48 yen and 1.6898 marks...
Whenever I have a choice, I buy Exxon gasoline. It started when my family drove through the Deep South to visit relatives during the early 1960s and found that service stations affiliated with Esso, now Exxon, were less likely than other chains to have separate "white" and "colored" rest rooms. Whether that was the result of enlightened company policy or fortunate happenstance, I don't know, and neither do the Exxon representatives I asked about it last week. But that gesture to its black customers made me a lifelong supporter. So it's a no-brainer for me to help...
...switched to the G.O.P. in 1985 and has earned a reputation as one of the most conservative members of Congress. By Louisiana law, his 69% majority in the open primary clinches his sixth House term. His support for NAFTA and GATT isn't surprising in a district that includes Exxon's Baton Rouge manufacturing complex, home of the nation's second-largest chemical-manufacturing facility...