New York Congressman Peter King claims New York’s practice of not collecting taxes on Indian cigarette sales, despite have a law requiring it to do so, supports smugglers whose profits can support terrorists. King, a Long Island Republican, wants an investigation into what he calls a "very serious homeland security issue." A prominent Indian leader…
Cigar Bar Wins 5-year battle with New York City
Merchants NY Cigar Bar, a go-to smoker’s paradise on New York’s Upper East Side for the past decade, has triumphed in a prolonged legal battled with the New York City Health Department, according to operators at the cigar bar. New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division unanimously upheld a lower court’s decision that the New…
Gilbarco, Developers Introduce New Signage, POS Tools
Users of Gilbarco Veeder-Root’s Passport POS system will soon be able to remotely manage their sites from a central location as Gilbarco and RedPrarie Corp. are poised to release Passport Version 9, an integrated remote-management solution offering centralized control over configuration, fuel pricing, reporting and software maintenance. Additionally, Gilbarco and Allure Global Solutions Inc. are…
Oil Giants Dominate Fortune 500 List
With combined profits of almost $72 billion in 2007, oil juggernauts Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and ConocoPhillips Inc. secured three of the top five spots on the Fortune 500 list, the magazine reported. ExxonMobil racked up $39.5 billion in profit last year, the largest-ever in U.S. history. That figure topped the previous record of…
Oil Giants Dominate Fortune 500 List
With combined profits of almost $72 billion in 2007, oil juggernauts Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp. and ConocoPhillips Inc., secured three of the top five spots on the Fortune 500 list, the magazine reported. ExxonMobil racked up $39.5 billion in profit last year, the largest-ever in U.S. history. That figure topped the previous record of…
Pantry Investors Are Mixed Bag
Just a week after a New York investor yanked its 7.5% share in The Pantry Inc., another investor stepped forward and raised its shares from just under 5% to 6.4%, the Triangle (N.C.) Business Journal reported. Oregon-based Stadium Capital Management LLC, a hedge fund investing in small-cap companies, now owns 1.42 million shares of the…
Rutter’s Unveils Winning Design for Recycling Bin
At the urging of his college-student grandson, retired Navy technical illustrator George Geisler Sr. of Camp Hill started putting pencil to paper. “I got on a roll and was having a lot of fun with it,” said Geisler, 81. By “it” he was referring to Rutter’s Farm Stores’ “Win Green Design Contest,” which challenged entrants…
Fresh & Easy Pushes Green Initiatives
Fresh & Easy and Rutter’s Farm Stores marked Earth Day with new initiatives, including the introduction of a reusable “bag for life” at Fresh & Easy and a recycling opportunity 0for consumers who visit Rutter’s Farm Stores, the companies said. Fresh & Easy, the U.S. arm of UK-based grocery retailer Tesco, distributed reusable shopping bags…
Fresh Look For Quick Chek
Quick Chek, Whitehouse, N.J. chain of more than 100 stores throughout New Jersey and New York, announced today it is launching a new brand positioning complete with logo, private-label product packaging and enhanced Web site. With its new logo in the shape of a bright, lime green-colored letter “Q” with tail shaped like a dark…
The Pantry Braces For Losses; Investor Pulls Shares
A New York-based investor that owned 7.5% of The Pantry as of Dec. 31 has cashed out its holdings in the company, the Triangle (N.C.) Business Journal reported. Securities and Exchange Commission documents show Hayground Cove Associates on April 14 sold its last shares in the Sanford, N.C.-based The Pantry, which operates about 1,500 c-stores…