April 20, 2012

Delta Oil Refinery Buy Is Senseless

Virginia Postrel, Bloomberg


Fortune

When I saw that Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) is negotiating to buy an idled Pennsylvania oil refinery in hopes of saving money on its fuel bill, I had a flashback to July 7, 1981. . .

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