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Miller Oil Co., in collaboration with a consulting firm, has detailed the design for its gas station/convenience stores, including beverage dispensers, snack-food counters, and color schemes. However, the retailer is still finalizing the inventory mix for its Miller's Neighborhood Markets, which will be influenced by demographic studies
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Gordon C. O'Brien, a seasoned human resources executive with over a decade of experience, has been appointed as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at The Alpine Group, Inc. As of October 21, 1998, O'Brien will lead the company's human resources function, bringing
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Standard & Poor's has placed its ratings on Oryx Energy Co. and Kerr-McGee Corp. on CreditWatch, a move that follows the companies' announcement of a merger that will form the fourth-largest independent exploration company in the United States. The merged company, Kerr-McGee Corp., will be 55%-owned
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Sun Microsystems, Inc. and ADC Metrica have announced an agreement to integrate ADC Metrica's Metrica/NPR and Sun's Solstice Enterprise Manager software. This integration aims to provide telecommunications operators with the ability to focus on delivering higher quality services to their customers in a user-intensive network.
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CMS Energy Corporation has rebranded its oil and gas exploration and production business as CMS Oil and Gas Company, reflecting its broadened scope and global reach. Under the leadership of President and CEO Bradley W. Fischer, the Houston-based company has grown from its origins in northern Michigan to become one
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Brown & Root Energy Services, a business unit of Halliburton Company, has been awarded a significant contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of the Malampaya Concrete Gravity Sub-structure (CGS). The CGS will be the first structure of its type to be constructed in the Philippines and will play
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Fujitsu Software Corporation has announced the release of Fujitsu COBOL Version 4.0, Enterprise Edition, designed to integrate legacy COBOL programs with Microsoft Visual Studio. This enhancement enables developers to create faster, more flexible, and efficient enterprise solutions. Fujitsu COBOL 4.0 seamlessly integrates with Microsoft's Visual Basic,
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Boeing Commercial Airplane Group has chosen GE Information Services' Enterprise System as its electronic commerce infrastructure solution. This powerful message manager and corporate gateway will enable Boeing to exchange and track airplane design and parts information with its suppliers, design partners, and customers. GE Enterprise System will provide Boeing
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Automated Transfer Systems Corp. (ATNY), a Colorado-based company, has announced a significant partnership with Renaissance Energy Ltd., a major oil and gas producer in Canada, to develop and commercialize a groundbreaking technology that converts stranded natural gas into clean-burning petroleum fuels. This innovative approach, pioneered by Carbon Resources Limited, a
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The oil and gas industries are working diligently towards Year 2000 readiness, with a recent survey revealing that 86% of companies have made significant progress. The American Petroleum Institute and the Natural Gas Council conducted a survey among over 800 companies, showing that 19% have reached the final stage of
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Chicago police officer Daron Hill, who previously filed a similar suit against Amoco Corp., has filed a race-discrimination lawsuit against Shell Oil Co. and several of its service stations in the Chicago area. The lawsuit alleges that stations in Bridgeton and St. Peters treated black and white customers differently, with
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A new Shell Poll(SM) conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates reveals that most workers in the United States can be grouped into six distinct categories, each with their own core career goals and values. The poll, which surveyed a representative national sample of 1,123 adults, found that
