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Unlike the public bidding that preceded the Gulf deal, the grab for Superior was made in great secrecy. Using pseudonyms, Mobil President William Tavoulareas traveled to Texas earlier this month to make final arrangements. The merger looks very good for Mobil, which will be paying just under $6 per bbl...
The mistrust has been heightened by several celebrated libel suits, particularly by General William Westmoreland and Los Angeles Physician Carl Galloway against CBS and by Mobil Corp. President William Tavoulareas against the Washington Post. Each raised worrisome doubts about the objectivity of prominent journalists, and called into question the techniques...
Tone, even more than the facts, was at issue in the suit against the Washington Post by Mobil Executive Tavoulareas. U.S. District Judge Oliver Gasch, who tried the case, ruled that Tavoulareas had not met the legal standards for proof of libel, and overturned the jury verdict. But he added...
The suit stemmed from a two-part 1979 article that charged Tavoulareas "set up" his son Peter in a shipping company financed by Mobil. The venture, launched in 1974, made Peter, now 33, a wealthy man. Post reporters and editors admitted that the story inaccurately faulted Mobil for violating a...
Tavoulareas has until June 1 to appeal Gasch's decision.