Description: This tshirt was featured in page 45 of the January 10th, 1982 Lansing, Michigan Newspaper. Great condition considering its age with no holes and minimum wear although it does fit more like a Large. Mobil is second in size only to Exxon Corp. among American corporations, but no company of any dimension can match Mobil's ability to stand out. It's seen in many circles as unpredictable, self-assured dent at an oil industry convention last November shortly after Mobil announced its tender offer. 1 - A T-SHIRT PINNED to the wall of Marathon's hotel suite pictured an eagle with a Mobil logo on its forehead, swooping toward a mouse wearing a Marathon "M." The rodent . was gesturing obscenely toward the eagle. The caption said: "The last great act of defiance." Marathon was not the first U.S. oil company to escape Mobil's grasp. Last summer Mobil lost a three-way fight for Conoco Inc. in the richest takeover battle in history. Du Pont, the chemical giant, eventually won control of Conoco at the cost of $7.8 billion in cash and stock. Since 1979, Mobil has lost in the bidding for Belridge Oil Co., which was acquired by Shell Oil Co. for $3.6 billion, and Texas Pacific Oil, bought by Sun Co. for $2.3 billion. In 1979 Mobil bought General Crude Oil Co. for $782 million, and in 1980 it acquired Transocean Oil Inc. for $740 million. Those two purchases nd the pursuit and defiant. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/209368628/
Price: 65 USD
Location: Lafayette, Louisiana
End Time: 2024-08-18T03:13:23.000Z
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