Word: mesa
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (F.A.R.C.), the oldest, largest and bloodiest of the country's numerous antigovernment guerrilla groups, was sighted in the jungle below. This time, however, the flag signified the making of history, not war. In a small clearing in the Alto de la Mesa rain forest, F.A.R.C. guerrillas and the government's representatives met to sign a momentous eleven-point cease-fire agreement. Last week Colombian President Belisario Betancur Cuartas triumphantly announced on national television his government's formal acceptance of that pact...
...reselling its stock to Occidental, Mesa made a painless $12.5 million for simply hiring an army of bankers and lawyers to scare Citgo, and Pickens was excited about the possibilities. Two more unsuccessful but lucrative takeover bids by Mesa followed, and in August of 1983, having received his baptism in fire, was ready for the big time...
Pickens's assault on Gulf was both brutal and spooky. Pickens, the head of the Mesa Petroleum Company, a small but pesky outfit, has through a series of obnoxious buyout threats acquired a terrible reputation in the industry. The history of his Viet Cong-style hit-and-run attacks on corporations far bigger than Mesa goes back...
Originally, Pickens embroiled himself in a tug-of-war with the late Citgo in the summer of 1982. In trying to take over Citgo, Pickens found Citgo returning the assault with its own takeover bid for Mesa...
Ironically, that time it was Gulf that stepped in as Pickens's savior when it looked like Mesa might just lose. Gulf offered to buy Citgo, freeing Mesa, then declined to do so. Citgo eventually went to Occidental Petroleum...