Corporate & Store Operations

Fully-integrated radio frequency identification (RFID) system aimed at speeding the buying process.

Tech firm to provide software solutions to 800 stores.

A California study suggests minors flashing licenses too quickly are often able to buy cigarettes.

A federal court tossed out claims accusing major tobacco companies of selling more dangerous products to minorities.

Refinery worker afflicted with cancer wins $8 million in asbestos suit.

Slashing demand for gasoline is the only responsible way to fight soaring U.S. pump prices, environmentalists say.

Valero Energy Corp. and Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corp. weren't the only two oil companies making merger news today as Williams Cos. Inc. agreed to buy oil and natural gas company Barrett Resources Corp. for approximately $2.5 billion in cash and stock.

Sunoco has received "viable offers" for the Kendall brand, customer lists and a lubricants-blending plant in Tulsa, Okla., spokesperson Jerry Davis said. The company expects to take an unspecified third-quarter charge to write down the assets' value.