The making of the Lucas Oil empire Forrest Lucas, 70, is widely known for his sponsorship of the Indianapolis Colts' Lucas Oil Stadium (home of the 2012 Super Bowl). But few fans know of his journey from long-haul trucker to oil-products producer to race team sponsor. In 1989 he launched Lucas Oil Products, which now sells nearly 200 items in 27 countries. Though Lucas won't reveal his private company's sales or profits, revenue ...
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In Brazil, Google paves Facebook's path to the top SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Facebook's popularity in Brazil has exploded over the past year, and the company may have its biggest competitor to thank for it. In its recent initial public offering filing, Facebook said its number of active users in Brazil had nearly tripled in 2011, finally placing it ahead of Google Inc's Orkut service as the No. 1 social network in the country. "I can't think of an ...
Barca avoiding La Liga hiccups on the road in Europe MADRID (Reuters) - Barcelona's bid for a fourth straight La Liga title is foundering due to their erratic away form but Tuesday's 3-1 Champions League victory at Bayer Leverkusen suggests they are unlikely to suffer the same problem in Europe. Winning a lucrative third continental crown in four years is the obvious priority for the Catalan club, especially if they can do so at the expense of ...
Letters: Solidarity campaign to support the people of Greece The people of Greece face an unprecedented economic and political crisis ( Violence grips Athens , 13 February). They are being driven to poverty and mass unemployment by the demands of the so-called Troika. Hospitals in Greece are running out of medicines, nearly half of all young people are unemployed, workers in some sectors have not been paid for months, the living conditions of pensioners ...
Is an Arab Spring in the air for Algeria? ALGIERS (Reuters) - When Moncef Marzouki, a former dissident transformed by the "Arab Spring" into Tunisia's president, paid an official visit to Algeria on Sunday, red and white Tunisian flags flew from lamp-posts in his honor. Just two days earlier, another former dissident and leading figure of Tunisia's revolution had been barred from entering. Sihem Bensedrine was allowed into the country ...
THE 30-MINUTE INTERVIEW PATRICK J. FOYE The new executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says he is “focused on changing” the slow pace of development at the World Trade Center site.
Back to the future as Ponting named Australia captain (Reuters) - Ricky Ponting has been asked to step back into the role of Australia captain after skipper Michael Clarke was ruled out of their one-day triangular series match against Sri Lanka on Friday, chairman of selectors John Inverarity has said. Ponting stepped down from the role after last year's World Cup on the sub-continent and was replaced by Clarke. The Tasmanian has remained in the ...
Payroll tax cut: Ironing out the final details Calling quits to a bruising election-year fight, negotiators on Capitol Hill worked into Wednesday night trying to iron out final details of an agreement to extend a cut in the payroll taxes paid by most Americans. The legislation also would renew jobless benefits for millions more.
2011 Kentucky Sportsman of the Year: Kenneth Faried In college basketball, where scorers get the glory, Kenneth Faried was a defensive and rebounding specialist who became a third-team AP All-American. On Wednesday he was named the 2011 Herald-Leader Kentucky Sportsman of the Year.