Refinery may go to India
Sunoco Inc.'s Eagle Point refinery in Westville, N.J., which was shut down in early 2010, may be reborn in India. Amerind Petroleum Private Ltd. and the Andhra Pradesh state government signed a memorandum of understanding to reassemble the refinery in Visakhapatnam, according to Indian media reports. Syed Badruddin, chairman of Amerind, told reporters the Export-Import Bank of the United States would lend $375 million of the project's initial $500 million cost. Thomas P. Golembeski, Sunoco's spokesman, said the company had nothing to announce, but he confirmed Sunoco has been trying to sell Eagle Point's equipment since the refinery closed. - Andrew Maykuth
Elsewhere
Amazon loses on each new tablet
Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire tablet, which started shipping this week, costs $201.70 to make, a research firm said. That's $2.70 more than Amazon charges for it. The analysis by IHS iSuppli indicates that Amazon is, at least initially, selling the tablet at a loss that it hopes to cover through sales of books and movies for the device. - AP
Clearwire shares dive
Shares of wireless broadband network operator Clearwire Corp. plunged as much as 31 percent after the Wall Street Journal reported the unprofitable wholesale wireless carrier is evaluating whether to make a Dec. 1 debt payment, citing its chief executive officer. The $237 million payment would be a "significant drain" on the company's cash, CEO Erik Prusch said in an interview with the newspaper. The shares declined 21 percent to close at $1.47. - Bloomberg News
McDonald's cuts egg supplier
McDonald's Corp. said it dropped a Minnesota-based egg supplier after an animal-rights group released an undercover video of operations at the egg producer's farms in three states. The video by Mercy for Animals shows what the group calls animal cruelty toward hens and chicks at five Sparboe Farms facilities in Iowa, Minnesota, and Colorado. - AP
