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Obama talks oil addiction in first post-election TV interviewFiled under: Trends, Government/Legal, LifestylePresident-Elect Barack Obama thinks we have an oil addiction and he wants to do something about it. That something is developing a plan for energy independence. While that might have seemed easier to discuss when oil was at $147 a barrel, Obama thin... |
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Miliband to press energy firms for price cutsEnergy companies will be urged to pass on savings to their customers in the wake of massive falls in oil and gas prices when Ed Miliband, the energy and climate change secretary, meets leaders of the big six providers today. The minister will also ask them what progress they have made in ending u... |
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Chevron Posts $7.89 Billion ProfitChevron's net income more than doubled amid historically high oil and gas prices and improved margins on refined products, though output fell 5.7%. ... |
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Alternative Energy Funding Drying UpThe New York Times reports that a casualty of lower oil and gas prices: interest in funding renewable energy projects. Among the Times’ laundry list of programs hurting for money: Tesla (duh), corn ethanol (hooray), other biofuels, and wind and solar power. The financial troubles are the co... |
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Automotive, Plastics and Printing -- What Level of Investment to Expect in These Sectors Next Year, a Feature of "Navigating the Currents of Change" on Industrialinfo.comSUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwire - October 15, 2008) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- For the last few years, investments in the Industrial Manufacturing Industry have been expansive in North America. However, the last two years have seen a dramatic shift in spending ha... |
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Why Brazil Is the Best of the BRICsThe turmoil in US stock markets is making all the headlines. But BRIC nations are facing a much deeper crisis in their stock markets. On Monday, authorities halted trading on Brazil's Bovespa for 30 minutes after it tumbled 10%. Trading in Russia was frozen on several occasions in the last two we... |

