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Texas, SD governors court Conn. gun makers
The governors of Texas and South Dakota visited Connecticut on Monday to court gun manufacturers that have threatened to leave since the state passed tough new gun-control laws this year in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. While gun makers may be unlikely to leave behind their ...
Tesoro announces $75M sale of Hawaii refinery
Tesoro Corp. said Monday it has agreed to sell its refining operations in Hawaii to Par Petroleum Corp. for $75 million plus the market value of its working capital. The San Antonio, Texas-based company said Par Petroleum agreed to continue running Tesoro Hawaii LLC as a refining, logistics and retail ...
Thrifty says offer of free rental car was mistake
Thrifty Car Rental says it's sorry, but many customers who were offered a free one-day rental won't be getting that after all. The company says the offer was intended for a select group of top customers but was sent accidentally to many other people. "We're very sorry for any confusion ...
Coastal insurance group expects surplus
The nonprofit, state-supervised property insurance agency for coastal Texas counties is expected to shore up its finances by the end of the year, the group told a state House panel on Monday. Pete Gise, who handles The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association's finances, said that after being in debt since 2012, ...
Scouting, development paying off for Spurs
The Spurs have long been the NBA's gold standard when it comes to drafting and development, preferring to roll up their sleeves and scour the globe to find the right players to slot into well-defined roles in San Antonio. They have more international players on their roster than any other ...
Komen breast cancer charity names new CEO
Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced Monday that a physician with a long career in health policy and research will become the breast cancer charity's new president and CEO. Judith A. Salerno will replace Nancy Brinker as CEO of the Dallas-based organization. Brinker, whose promise to her dying sister ...
NASA picks 8 new astronauts, 4 of them women
NASA has eight new astronauts — its first new batch in four years. Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in nearly two decades. A female helicopter pilot also is in the group. In fact, four of the eight are women, the highest percentage ...
Dallas to spray some areas for West Nile virus
Health authorities in North Texas will begin spraying for West Nile virus after detecting a "significant" increase in the type of mosquito that primarily carries the virus. The city of Dallas will spray from trucks beginning Monday evening and continuing through early Wednesday morning. Neighborhoods being targeted are ones where ...
Heat back on familiar, and shaky, ground in Finals
LeBron James has been here before, with dire results. It was two years ago, the end of the first season of "Big Three" basketball in Miami. The situation: Heat down 3-2, hosting Game 6 of the NBA Finals, only two home wins separating them from what would have been James' ...
OneWest Bank to lay off 725 Texas workers
Executives with OneWest Bank have announced that more than 700 workers will lose their jobs as the company is acquired as part of a $2.53 billion deal. The Austin American-Statesman reports (http://bit.ly/13Oetk1) Monday that the majority of the 725 employees work at a call center. OneWest Bank is being acquired ...
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