Volatile gas prices give drivers whiplash USA TODAY NEW YORK (AP) — Local gasoline prices are swinging up and down ever more drastically, a result of a national fuel system that is operating with a shrinking margin for error. Jumps of 20 cents per gallon or more in a single day are becoming more common, ... | |
The Weekly Oil & Gas Follies Forbes In which we drill down into the @GDBlackmon Twitter feed to briefly chronicle the week's silliness, foibles, fake news and real news related to the oil and natural gas industry. The Oil Patch Photo of the Week, courtesy of Jessica Sena at @MTPetroleum:. | |
Xi Borrows From Mao Playbook in Power Play Ahead of Plenum Bloomberg The mission for the near-dozen Communists sitting round a table at a Beijing ministry was explicit: criticize their boss, who was present. Party cadres carefully recorded their comments as they spoke, in an echo of sessions held decades ago under Chairman ... | |
Dallas Fed's Fisher Says US Economy 'Hog-Tied' by Government Businessweek Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said fiscal discord has led to the U.S. government playing a suppressive role in the country's recovery. "I am not a proponent of ever-increasing government spending," Fisher, who will hold a vote on ... | |
Asian Shares Edge Higher on China Data Wall Street Journal An improving service sector in China helped stocks in Shanghai and the Australian dollar move higher Monday, as much of Asia started the week with small gains. There were signs of growth in China's services sector, as the official Non-Manufacturing ... | |
International Lenders to Return to Athens New York Times BRUSSELS — Inspectors from Greece's international lenders have put a postponed visit to the country back on the agenda and will return early this week after Athens made a new proposal on filling a 2-billion-euro gap in the 2014 budget, the European ... | |
Westpac lifts dividend after profit rises 14% MarketWatch MELBOURNE, Australia--Westpac Banking Corp. (WBC.AU), Australia's second-largest bank by market value, is joining its rivals in boosting rewards for investors, ratcheting up its dividend payout after earnings jumped 14% in the last year and impairments of ... | |
China Start-Up Idea From Babson's Sandeep Alluri: Data Analytics Forbes Sandeep Alluri of Boston is a member of a group of 18 MBA students from Babson College visiting Shanghai this week to learn about the business landscape here. I asked each for his or her best idea for a start-up company that would succeed in China. | |
HealthCare.gov: How political fear was pitted against technical needs Washington Post In May 2010, two months after the Affordable Care Act squeaked through Congress, President Obama's top economic aides were getting worried. Larry Summers, director of the White House's National Economic Council, and Peter Orszag, head of the Office ... | |
A timeline of the Affordable Care Act Washington Post A timeline of the Affordable Care Act. Hurdles to an Oct. 1 deadline. From passage to implementation, the Affordable Care Act has encountered bumps along the way. HealthCare.gov: How a start-up failed to launch · HealthCare.gov: How a start-up failed to ... | |
Could fracking boom peter out sooner than DOE expects? USA TODAY Surging oil and gas production is nudging the nation closer to energy independence. But new research suggests the boom could peter out long before the United States reaches this decades-old goal. Many wells behind the energy gush are quickly losing ... | |
Oracle helping to fix Obama's healthcare site IBNLive San Francisco: Oracle CEO Larry Ellison says the business software maker is helping the Obama administration fix the technological problems preventing people from signing up for government-mandated health insurance. Ellison told shareholders at ... | |
Social Security's Paltry Increase Wall Street Journal Whatever will retirees do with the extra $19 a month the Social Security Administration sends their way starting next year? It isn't enough to pay their monthly cable bills. It isn't enough to play in a bowling league. It isn't even enough to pay the monthly tab on ... | |
EPA 'listening tour' precedes coal-plant carbon rule STLtoday.com Political activists, environmental advocates and employees from utility and coal companies are among hundreds of people from across the Midwest who will converge on a Kansas City suburb Monday afternoon for what amounts to a giant brainstorming ... | |
Bitcoin emerges from the shadows The Idaho Statesman Bitcoin is a digital currency first released in 2009 that can be traded for many world currencies, including the U.S. dollar, on online exchanges. It is a decentralized currency, meaning no government releases bitcoins into circulation. Some world governments ... | |
Tale of 2 IPOs: Facebook & Twitter New York Post Twitter's highly coveted initial public offering — scheduled for Thursday — has been painted as the anti-Facebook coming-out party, and with good reason: There are adults in the room. The social medium chose Goldman Sachs as lead banker and opted for ... | |
Chocolate Covered Lay's to Hit Market in Limited Editions Next Week University Herald Frito Lay has introduced several flavors of Lay's chips, right from plain salted to Spanish tomato and cheesy onion. However, the crisps company is getting creative this holiday season and will soon be introducing a chocolate flavor variant of the world famous ... | |
Cooper Tire reaches deal with union before merger trial Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal Cooper Tire's troubled merger with Apollo Tyre took another turn on Wednesday, when Cooper said it had reached a tentative deal with the United Steelworkers union. Apollo, however, said it was nothing more than a stunt. "Apollo objects to this last-minute ... | |
Ministerial Meeting of Gas Exporting Countries Starts in Tehran Tasnim News Agency TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The 15th ministerial meeting of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) started today in Tehran, with representatives from 13 member states and four observer countries in attendance. Tweet. Print. GECF's financial and administrative ... | |
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