Fuel Shortage in South DakotaShutdown in area refineries causes spike in local prices. Customers Benefit from Gas WarPrices at competing North Carolina stations drop to 79 cents per gallon. Alabama Tobacco Tax Hike Expands Mobile's 10-cent hike on cigars, pipe and smokeless tobacco follows last week's 15-cent jump on cigarettes. Wal-Mart Reaches Tobacco Deal with 43 States Retailer seeks to eliminate cigarette sales to minors through ID checks, no self-serve, other measures. Zig-Zag Launches Premium Cigarette Line Products available in four varieties in select markets and specialty tobacco stores. IRMA honors Scotchmons Illinois owners voted "retailers of the year." Valero Launches Fund-Raising Drive Partnership with Children's Miracle Network available in 1,200 stores. Israeli Chain Eyes Second Major U.S. Acquisition GPM Investment, operator of Fas Mart Convenience Stores, is reportedly set to acquire an unidentified 300-store chain. Big Box Retailers Gaining in Canada's Fuel Market Canadian Tire and Wal-Mart drive changes in customer fill-up habits. Court Tosses Punitive Damages for Valdez Spill ExxonMobil may end up paying only a fraction of the jury's original $5-billion penalty. First Previous 382 383 384 385 386 Next Last