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...When Icahn acquired CVR he was near the height of his powers after conducting bruising campaigns against corporate giants such as Texaco and Trans World Airlines....
...The fall in crude after the 1997 Asian financial crisis ushered in today’s oil and gas supermajors after a flurry of megamergers that included BP’s tie-up with Amoco, Exxon with Mobil and Texaco with Chevron...
...Operated under the Shell, BP, Jet and Texaco brands, MFG’s forecourts include partnerships with Costcutter and Costa Coffee stores....
...His career hit new heights every time a famous company sank, with bankruptcies including American Airlines and Texaco, but his biggest case came late in his career, the 2008 failure of Lehman Brothers, whose...
...It is topped by General Motors, its rival Ford is somewhere on it, and the rest is a mix of big oil — Exxon, Texaco, Chevron, Mobil, Gulf Oil — and industrial groups....
...A $1bn Texaco financing deal that he led in 1984 is still seen as a touchstone eurobond deal for its scale and the ambition of its global distribution....
...The pair also have a broad and dark shadow to try to step out of: Mr Icahn has held significant stakes in, controlled or sought to control many of America’s biggest corporations, including RJR Nabisco, Texaco...
...KKR has formed RPM Energy, a joint venture with a former Texaco executive....
...In February, an Ecuadorean court issued the award against Chevron following allegations of oil pollution in the Amazon by Texaco, which Chevron took over in 2001....
...categorised as supermarkets include the physical and online stores of Tesco (though not Tesco Direct), Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons, Waitrose and Ocado, while qualifying petrol stations include BP, Shell, Esso, Texaco...
...Retailers categorised as supermarkets include the physical and online stores of Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons, Waitrose and Ocado, while qualifying petrol stations include BP, Shell, Esso, Texaco and...
...The Ecuador government had released Texaco in writing from further responsibility....
...The justice department previously settled with Burlington Resources for $105.3m, Shell Oil for $56m, Chevron, Texaco and Unocal for $45.5m and Dominion Exploration and Production for $2m. ”The message to...
...Prior to joining the firm, he held management positions at Texaco, Aquila Energy and Oryx Energy....
...Its acquisition and rebranding of Texaco’s US outlets and those of DEA in Germany make it the world’s largest branded retailer: Shell now has more retail locations outlets than McDonald’s....
...Mr Tilton, who spent more than two decades with the Texaco oil group before joining United in 2002, has been an outspoken critic of the web of international legal barriers to global airline consolidation...
...Glenn Weckerlin, the company’s global director of brands and product line management, says: “We have some great brands [such as Gulf and Texaco], which people have often grown up with and have a lot of good...
...Citi insiders on Friday pointed to the Texaco/Pennzoil case as supporting their argument....
...Heritage Resources, Inc., 964 S.W.2d 89 (Tex.App. 1997)) Related links Clear Channel deal in tatters – FT Lex: LBO at a crossroads – FT...
...That claim recalled a landmark 1980s case in which a Texas court ordered Texaco to pay $10bn to Pennzoil for meddling with its planned acquisition of Getty Oil....
...In claiming “tortious interference” against the banks in a Texas court, Clear Channel has raised the ghost of Pennzoil versus Texaco, a landmark 1980s case – even hiring the same lawyer who represented the...
...The most notable was a 1985 verdict in which oil company Texaco was ordered to pay Pennzoil $10bn for meddling with its attempted merger with Getty Oil....
...In an attempt to put further pressure on the banks, Clear Channel announced that it had retained Joe Jamail, the Houston lawyer who represented Pennzoil in its historic victory over Texaco in 1985....
...Mr Solberg joined in the same year from Texaco, where he was a board member....
...In most cases - such as his campaign at Texaco in 1989, when he famously netted a $700m profit on the sale of his stake - Mr Icahn’s pugnacious involvement is enough to boost the company’s share price and...
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