*BP Arco station owners told sale could happen by June 1. HOUSTON/ WASHINGTON, May 16- Independent western U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp may take ownership of BP Plc's 240,000 barrel per day refinery in Carson, California, as early as June 1, sources familiar with the transaction said on Thursday.
HOUSTON, May 2- Tesoro Corp is nearing the end of the regulatory review of its planned purchase of BP Plc's 240,000- barrels-per-day Los Angeles- area refinery in Carson, California, Tesoro Chief Executive Greg Goff said on Thursday.
LONG BEACH, Calif., April 25- Economic turmoil in Spain, Portugal and other southern European countries has depressed their stock markets to the point where they look downright cheap.
That cruel reality confronts the four large emerging stock markets known as the BRICs: Brazil, Russia, India and China.
LONG BEACH, Calif., March 13- Foreign stocks are coveted for the superior growth and value they can offer. Investors have turned to them lately for higher income, too. The recent outperformance of U.S. stocks helps to account both for their comparatively meager yields and expensive valuations, said Alex Robins, an international equity manager at J.P.
NEW YORK, March 8- Boeing Co said on Friday it is consolidating its North American flight and maintenance training operations in Miami, a shift that will move all flight simulators for the 787 Dreamliner and other aircraft out of the Seattle area.
LONDON, March 6- Unless prices for natural gas and crude start to converge soon in the United States, the overwhelming incentive to switch to dual fuel engines which use a mix of diesel and natural gas will be overwhelming. It will oust oil-based fuels from a huge range of applications, ranging from trains, ships and trucks to industrial engines.
The outlook for cheaper gas in the wake of the shale gas boom in North America as well as toughening environmental regulation in Europe have driven up investment in gas as a transport fuel.
WASHINGTON, Feb 22- Metropolitan areas in Texas saw the fastest economic growth as the recovery took hold in 2011, but the New York City region still had the largest gross domestic product in the United States, according to federal data released on Friday.
LONDON, Feb 20- Few places on earth bear the scars of oil production like Long Beach, California. Parts of the city have sunk by as much as 29 feet from their original level because of subsidence caused by extraction of billions of barrels of oil from the giant Wilmington field lying directly beneath the city's streets and the adjoining harbour.