Their leader was part of the industry, seeking and getting contracts from oil companies that operated under his watch.
They are players in a deregulated industry, seeking to serve their customers while contending with an aviation infrastructure incapable of meeting demand.
Page A12 Business S.E.C. TURNS ATTENTION TO PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS Federal regulators have begun a broad examination of the private equity industry, seeking information about the business practices of some of the country's most powerful financial firms.
A common appeal made by an industry seeking tariff or quota protection is that its survival is essential for the national interest: its product would be needed in wartime, when the supply of imports might well be cut off.
Digby Jones, head of the Confederation of British Industry, seeking to explain why Scotland's economy is not doing too well, suggests that the Scots' failure to welcome English investors is partly to blame.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has begun a broad examination of the private equity industry, seeking information about the business practices of some of the country's most powerful financial firms.
