Heating oil retailers face another problem.
Among those at the conference were representatives of oil wholesalers, oil retailers, consumer advocacy groups, the New York Mercantile Exchange, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, the elderly and the natural-gas industry.
The weekly statistics from the American Petroleum Institute, which is a trade association, and the federal Energy Information Administration measure inventories held at major refining and storage operations, but not the oil stockpiled by heating oil retailers and consumers.
These factors include the massive use of agricultural pesticides by local farmers [ 40], the environmental spillage of petroleum products by mechanics and oil retailers [ 22] and urban pollution from household waste products.
No other lawmaker on Capitol Hill has such a sizable constellation of former aides working as tax lobbyists, representing blue-chip clients that include telecommunications businesses, oil companies, retailers and financial firms, according to an analysis by LegiStorm, an online database that tracks Congressional staff members and lobbying.
I have mentioned several recently: oil rigs, retailers, credit card purveyors, cement, airlines, even semiconductors.
Apart from oil stocks, retailers, computer hardware and Internet sectors posted hefty gains in a truncated session.
Prior to going public, the company also sold dietary supplements and skin care products, made from algae-based oils, via retailers including: Whole Foods, GNC, Sephora and QVC.
Purchase a small can of mink oil at any retailer that sells shoes or any discount retailer.
Barrett instead fell into the arms of Williams, a gas-transport company, for $2.4 billion.Valero Energy, a Texas oil refiner and retailer, agreed to pay $3.9 billion to acquire a local rival, Ultramar, subject to regulatory approval.
