A cell phone signal booster works by detecting the cell signal outside a building, bringing it inside and amplifying it, and then rebroadcasting the amplified signal to the interior space so your phone or can use it. Each has advantages and disadvantages.
The company already owns 1,215 branded retail stations, 425 of which are company-operated under the Tesoro, Shell and USA Gasoline names, and is in the process of taking over the leases of about 250 Arco-and Thrifty-branded stations owned by franchisees. Those stations are being rebranded USA Gas.
What it didnât discuss, either in the release or on its conference call, was the deal it wasnât able to make: An acquisition of HollyFrontier Corp. (NYSE:HFC). According to sources, Tesoro was previously courting the Dallas refining giant, which turned it down based on price. Tesoro wouldnât comment and HollyFrontier didnât respond to a request for comment.