Business
Energy: Rigorous review is expected of the $75.3-billion plan to create the world’s largest corporation.
Dec. 2, 1998
The world’s largest industrial merger was announced Tuesday, as energy giants British Petroleum of London and Amoco Corp. of Chicago said they plan to combine in a $49-billion stock deal that could start a gusher of consolidations in the profit-starved oil industry.
Aug. 12, 1998
Politics
Paul E.
Feb. 14, 1992
Petroleum: Tosco Corp. buys Unocal’s O.C.-based unit, with its refineries, gas stations, credit card operation and tanker ships.
Nov. 19, 1996
Some companies run from California’s strict regulatory standards on air pollution and emissions.
May 11, 2014
State issues plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels. Electricity use and traffic are targets.
Oct. 16, 2008
World & Nation
In a case that nominally concerns a Connecticut company’s merchandising of goose liver pate but could apply to shareholder votes on such topics as nuclear power and South Africa’s racial policies, a federal judge has restricted corporations’ rights to reject shareholder resolutions on social and ethical issues.
March 29, 1985
It’s been less than four months since California committed to getting all of its electricity from climate-friendly sources by 2045.
Jan. 10, 2019
Is the environmental hoopla resonating through the halls of American business “mere corporate ecobabble intended to placate the latest group of special-interest loonies?”
Feb. 1, 1990
Five killed in Connecticut power plant blast
Feb. 8, 2010