United is a 'jurisdictional' pipeline 1 purchasing gas from producers in Texas and Louisiana and supplying wholesalers, direct sales customers, and other pipelines.
It was the dot-com heyday, when companies without sales, customers or tangible products nevertheless filed public offerings that enriched the founders and their bankers.
A pipeline anticipating the necessity for curtailment was required to file a revised tariff to control deliveries to all customersindustrial 'direct sales' customers, purchasing gas for their own consumption, and 'resale' customers, purchasing gas for distribution to ultimate consumers.
Many other direct industrial sales customers have alternative means available at little or no additional cost, yet under LP & L's contention will be able to demand their contract volumes while homes, hospitals, and schools suffer from lack of adequate service.
Ford has addressed some of the needs of fleet sales customers by introducing an ever-expanding lineup of its Transit Connect vans, further eating into the Ranger's customer base.
Mr. Capell also questions whether, amid generally poor newsstand sales, customers will shell out $4.95 for ReadyMade's mere 76 pages, even if they are 50percentt recycled heavy-stock paper.
