Business News In Brief
Business News In Brief
PHILADELPHIA (AP) ---- Aramark Corp., the nation's largest food-service company, said Tuesday that it agreed to be acquired by an investment group led by its longtime chief executive for 6.3 billion, plus the assumption of about 2 billion in debt.
BP seeks workers to replace transit lines
ANCHORAGE, Alaska ---- Oil giant BP searched for skilled workers and steel pipe Tuesday to replace badly corroded transit lines that this week forced the shutdown of operations at the largest oil field in the U.S.
Temecula Valley High scrubbed down, refurbished over summer
TEMECULA ---- When Temecula Valley High School students head back to class later this month, they will find the campus in the middle of a major face lift, with ongoing construction and the relocation of other school amenities, a process that will continue for years before the dust finally settles.
Man charged with murdering parents and 16-year-old sister
SAN FERNANDO - A 21-year-old man was charged today with capital murder in the fatal stabbings of his parents and his 16-year-old sister at the family's Northridge home on Friday.
Officials rethink campus traffic plan
TEMECULA ---- A major renovation of Temecula Valley High School has prompted officials to build new parking lots, close others, and alter an established flow of traffic circulation, changes officials said they hope parents and students take note of before the first day of school.
Menifee women's softball league attracts four dozen
MENIFEE ---- It was a bit of a role reversal. Typically, Mary Bradley takes her 11-year-old son, Ricky Flinner, to baseball practice. But last Wednesday, Ricky took her to softball practice ---- well, sort of.
Oil giant already under scrutiny
WASHINGTON ---- Shutting its North Slope operations is only the latest problem for oil giant BP, which already is the target of a federal grand jury, the Environmental Protection Agency and congressional investigators for letting its Alaska pipeline crumble.
Carlsbad company gets 3.1 million Navy contract
JMAR Technologies Inc. said it received 3.1 million Tuesday from Naval Air Systems Command to continue its work to help supply the command with radiation-proof computer chips.
Judge rules UC system bias suit can proceed
MURRIETA ---- A lawsuit claiming the UC system discriminates against Christian beliefs by rejecting some private Christian schools' courses for college-entrance credit may proceed, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting the university's argument that the case should be tossed.
Correction
Term of lease incorrect In the Leases/Purchases that ran July 30 in the Business section, the term of Petco Animal Supplies Inc.'s lease should've said 10 years.
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