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To: Tomas who wrote (14632)	11/7/2002 10:50:24 AM
From: The Ox	Respond to of 206121

Even in the good ol' USA we still have this crap going on: EEOC Racial Harassment Suit Against Texas Drilling Company Settles For $859,000--Employees Allegedly Subjected to Hangman's Nooses and Nazi Symbols at Drilling Site The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced a $859,000 settlement of a racial harassment lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against TMBR/Sharp Drilling, Inc.(TMBR), a Midland, Texas-based oil drilling corporation, on behalf of one African-American former employee and four of his former co-workers. The EEOC's suit charged TMBR with creating a racially hostile work environment for the African-American employee and four of his white co-workers because of their association with him. The harassment included derogatory remarks, slurs, ridicule and intimidation on a daily basis. According to the suit, the five former TMBR employees were subjected to the displaying of Nazi "SS" symbols and hangman's nooses around the drilling site. Under the terms of the settlement, the five former employees will evenly split the $859,000 in total monetary benefits, receiving nearly $172,000 each. The EEOC filed suit after exhausting its conciliation efforts to reach a voluntary pre-litigation settlement. The litigation, Civil Action No. MO-02-CA-065, was filed on August 15, 2001, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division, and then transferred to the Midland-Odessa Division. "We are pleased with the terms of this agreement," said Leticia Dominguez, EEOC Trial Attorney in the agency's El Paso Area Office. "The settlement provides significant monetary relief to the victims of this egregious discrimination and shows what can happen when employees come together to take a stand against unlawful workplace conduct. No individual should ever have to endure such harassment in order to earn a living."

To: Tomas who wrote (14632)	11/8/2002 11:15:06 AM
From: Tomas	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 206121

Natural Gas Industry Update - Raymond James, November 7 170.12.99.3

To: Tomas who wrote (14632)	11/14/2002 10:39:05 AM
From: Tomas	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 206121

Gas Inventories: Down 48 Bcf to 3,097 Bcf according to EIA. Stocks were 90 Bcf less than last year at this time and 73 Bcf above the 5-year average of 3,024 Bcf. __________________________________________________________ Expectations: -25 Bcf to 3,121, according to the average estimate of analysts polled by Bloomberg. Last year inventories rised toward a record 3.254 trillion cubic feet reached at the end of November. ``There's a lot of uncertainty with today's number so if it's higher than the midpoint of 19 to 20 billion, we're going to go higher,'' said Kyle Cooper, an analyst at Salomon Smith Barney Inc. in Houston. Gas futures have risen 52 percent this year, partly because production is down from 2001 levels.