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Only two letters separate “pre-salt” from “pre-school,” but between these two options is an immense separation for the future of Brazil. Diverse...
made popular Jun 23 2009
The case, in which the company was accused of backing a campaign of repression conducted by Nigeria’s former military government in the oil-rich Niger Delta...
made popular Jun 9 2009
Jonathen Trent, the lead research scientist at NASA Ames Research center in Moffett Field, California has come up with a solution to overcome U.S reliance on foreign...
made popular May 16 2009
AP, Singapore
Oil prices lingered above $54 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as growing investor optimism about the global economy left crude poised to break out of a month-long trading...
made popular May 5 2009
AP, Denver
Natural gas and oil producer Forest Oil Corp. said Monday it widened its first-quarter loss because of a write-down for oil and gas properties.
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Houston
Energy companies are venturing deeper into the Gulf of Mexico as they explore for and produce new sources of crude and natural gas, a new government report shows.
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Sioux Falls
Signs of increasing energy demand in China, the world’s second largest consumer, pushed oil up to near $54 a barrel Monday, but concerns over the state of the...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Houston
Despite millions in new investments and President Barack Obama’s push for clean energy technology, many oil and gas executives say mass production of renewable...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Sioux Falls
Signs of increasing energy demand in China, the world’s second largest consumer, pushed oil up to near $54 a barrel Monday, but concerns over the state of the...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Singapore
Oil prices hovered above $53 a barrel Monday in Asia as investors looked to U.S. bank stress test results and April unemployment data this week for signs the worst of...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, New York
Oil prices finished the week with a late surge above $53 a barrel as traders looked past tepid economic reports and latched onto signs that U.S. manufacturing was on...
made popular May 1 2009
AP, New York
Oil prices rose sharply Friday as a trade group reported that deterioration in the American manufacturing sector appeared to be slowing.
made popular May 1 2009
AP, Singapore
Oil prices fell below $51 a barrel Friday in Asia as investors clung to a month-long trading range amid uncertainty about when the global economy may emerge from a...
made popular May 1 2009
AP, Singapore
Oil prices dipped below $51 a barrel Friday in Asia as investors clung to a month-long trading range amid uncertainty about when the global economy may emerge from a...
made popular May 1 2009
AP, Houston
The oil industry is off to a dismal start this year, with Exxon Mobil and Marathon Oil on Thursday becoming the latest majors to report first-quarter profits plunging...
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, New York
Oil prices fell Thursday as the nation’s employment picture darkened and consumers pulled back on spending.
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Houston
Marathon Oil says its first-quarter profit fell 61 percent from a year ago as the company, like many competitors, saw results dive along with oil and natural gas...
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, Singapore
Oil rose above $51 a barrel Thursday in Asia as investors took heart from optimistic comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve that the worst recession in decades is...
made popular Apr 30 2009
AP, New York
Oil prices rose Wednesday even though the government reported that the United States is consuming less than it has in years and inventories are bloated with the most...
made popular Apr 29 2009
AP, New York
Oil prices rose Wednesday even though the government reported that the United States is consuming less than it has in years and inventories are bloated with the most...
made popular Apr 29 2009
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A new report shows Nevada’s major hotel-casinos had a huge drop in net income in fiscal 2008 as a global economic downturn worsened, hanging onto $721.2 million...
made popular Jan 16 2009
AP, Washington
Two key Republican lawmakers say there’s a powerful silver lining in the taxpayers’ $700 billion bailout of the financial system: It has already earned the...
made popular Jan 14 2009
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Each passing day seems to drop a fresh dose of bad news on the economy.
made popular Jan 7 2009
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Profits posted Wednesday by Pfizer Inc. and Wyeth show a common theme among pharmaceutical companies _ nearly all the growth they’re seeing these days is...
made popular Jul 23 2008
Atari, the giant of old, is losing more money than almost every company there today is. With sales down $26.9 million from the last year. Also, revenue from...
made popular Jun 14 2008
AP, Washington
Saved by Senate Republicans, big oil companies dodged an attempt Tuesday to slap them with a windfall profits tax and take away billions of dollars in tax breaks in...
made popular Jun 11 2008
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The 51-43 roll call by which the Senate blocked a bill that would have imposed a 25 percent tax on any “unreasonable” profits of the five largest U.S. oil...
made popular Jun 10 2008
AP, Washington
Saved by Senate Republicans, big oil companies dodged an attempt Tuesday to slap them with a windfall profits tax and take away billions of dollars in tax breaks in...
made popular Jun 10 2008
AP, Washington
Senate Republicans blocked a proposal Tuesday to tax the windfall profits of the largest oil companies, despite pleas by Democratic leaders to use the measure to...
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AP, Washington
Senate Republicans have blocked a Democratic plan to tax the windfall profits of the largest oil companies.Democrats on Tuesday failed, 51-43, to get the 60 votes...
made popular Jun 10 2008
AP, Washington
Senate Republicans have blocked a proposal to tax oil industry windfall profits.With gasoline prices topping $4 a gallon, Senate Democrats wanted the government to grab...
made popular Jun 10 2008
AP, Washington
Senate Republicans have blocked a Democratic plan to tax the windfall profits of the largest oil companies.Democrats on Tuesday failed, 51-43, to get the 60 votes...
made popular Jun 10 2008
AP, Washington
With gasoline prices topping $4 a gallon, Senate Democrats want the government to grab some of the billions of dollars in profits being taken in by the major oil...
made popular Jun 10 2008
AP, Washington
With gasoline prices topping $4 a gallon, Senate Democrats want the government to grab some of the billions of dollars in profits being taken in by the major oil...
made popular Jun 10 2008
AP, Minneapolis
Profits dropped almost 8 percent at Target Corp. on softer-than-expected sales and higher costs, but the discount retailer still beat Wall Street earnings estimate for...
made popular May 20 2008
AP, Sao Paulo
Profits for Brazil’s Embraer jet maker rose 8.4 percent in the first quarter amid strong global demand for its mid-size passenger planes and new executive jets,...
made popular May 7 2008
Coming off the heels of a similar and smaller proposal by Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama today announced a plan to tax Oil company profits.
According to...
made popular May 2 2008
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At a time when a quarter of the world’s fisheries are considered depleted, can commercial fishermen make more money by fishing less?A study published in the...
made popular Dec 7 2007
AP, Grants Pass
At a time when a quarter of the world’s fisheries are considered depleted, can commercial fishermen make more money by fishing less? A study published in the...
made popular Dec 6 2007
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A sign is seen outside the Sky television offices in west London, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009. British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC said Wednesday it was back in the black in the second quarter of its financial year, helped by a 6 percent rise in revenues...
