Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. reported July 25 results for the second quarter ended June 30. Total revenue for the Tulsa-based Fortune 1000 company for the 2006 second quarter was $426 million, a 15.8-percent increase over the 2005 second quarter. Net income for the quarter was $20.3 million, or $.79 per diluted share. For the comparable 2005 quarter, net income was $11.3 million, or $.43 per diluted share. Read more

Linn Energy, LLC announced July 24 that it has signed definitive purchase agreements to acquire certain affiliated entities of Blacksand Energy, LLC (\"Blacksand Assets\"), located in the Los Angeles Basin, for $291 million and certain Mid-Continent assets of Kaiser-Francis Oil Company located in Oklahoma for $125 million, in each case subject to customary closing adjustments. Read more

Oklahoma\'s Rocketplane Kistler and Orbital Sciences Corporation based in Virginia announced July 24 that they have entered into a strategic relationship to support the NASA COTS program and other applications of RpK\'s innovative space transportation system. Read more

BancFirst Corporation, based in Oklahoma City, reported quarterly net income of $12.2 million or $0.76 diluted earnings per share for the second quarter of 2006 July 20.

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Tronox Incorporated, based in Oklahoma City, announced July 20 that its wholly owned subsidiaries, Tronox Worldwide LLC and Tronox Finance Corp., have completed the offer to exchange up to $350 million principal amount of their 9½ percent Senior Notes due 2012 that were issued on Nov. 28, 2005, in a private placement under Securities Act Rule 144A (old notes) for a like principal amount of its 9½ percent Senior Notes due 2012 that are registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (new notes).

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Tuttle banker Gregg Vandaveer was inducted as chairman of the Oklahoma Bankers Association on July 12 during the Oklahoma Bankers Association\'s annual convention, the group announced July 20. Read more

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City announced July 20 it has reached an agreement on the sale and partial lease-back of its Oklahoma City Branch building at 226 Dean A. McGee Ave. to GenOne Real Estate Group, an Oklahoma-based real estate advisor, along with Randy Allen and the MIDCON Companies.

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Bank of America said July 20 Michael Earl has been named Oklahoma state president and Tulsa market president for Bank of America. Graham Denton, Market President Executive, made the annoucement. Read more

The board of directors of ONEOK, Inc. increased on July 19 the quarterly dividend by 7 percent to 32 cents per share of common stock, payable Aug. 14 to shareholders of record at the close of business July 31. With this action, the company\'s annual dividend increases to $1.28 from $1.20 per share of common stock.

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OGE Energy Corp. announced July 18 plans for its Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company subsidiary to partner with American Electric Power\'s Public Service Company of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority to build a new, 950-megawatt coal unit at OG&E\'s existing Sooner plant near Red Rock. Read more

BOK Financial Corporation reported July 18 record quarterly net income of $55 million or $0.82 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2006, a 9 percent increase over the second quarter of 2005. Read more

CNNMoney.com rated Norman, Edmond and Broken Arrow in their annual \"Best Places to Live: Great American Towns\" list July 17. Norman was the highest-rated Oklahoma town, coming in at No. 40 while Edmond ranked No. 52 and Broken Arrow charted at No. 66. Read more

The State Chamber announced July 14 it has hired Randle Lee, a Certified Community Developer, as its membership services manager. Read more

More than 104,000 people visited Remington Park during June, generating more than $465,000 for education, according to the latest earnings report issued to the state finance department and announced July 14. Read more

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