"An attendant is an operator of a phone system console," lexicographer Harry Newton tells me.
Together they transformed Enron from an operator of gas pipelines into an energy-trading pioneer.
Outside the lines, he could be an operator of the highest order.
Shareholders of WilTel, an operator of fiber-optic networks, would get 0.3565 Leucadia share for each WilTel share, Leucadia said.
A federal bankruptcy judge approved the Emeritus Corporation's acquisition of Alterra Healthcare, an operator of nursing homes for Alzheimer's patients.
Great Wolf Resorts, an operator of 11 water parks in North America, has been using them since 2006.
HORNBECK OFFSHORE SERVICES, Mandeville, La., an operator of vessels that supply offshore drilling rigs, filed to raise as much as $127 million through an initial public offering.
FedEx, for example, as an operator of trucks, supported the first-ever fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas standards for US commercial vehicles, which were enacted in 2007.
ITT EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, Carmel, Ind., an operator of postgraduate technology schools that is under legal investigations, named Daniel Fitzpatrick its new chief financial officer.
Instead, he sold the building last month to Korman Communities, an operator of long-term-stay hotels, for $88 million, after a modest renovation was completed.
Corinthian Colleges Inc. shares fell after the company, an operator of private colleges, forecast that fiscal first-quarter earnings would be at the low end of analyst estimates.
