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Oil falls below $93 on Europe, US economic news
The price of oil fell below $93 on Wednesday after disappointing economic reports from Europe and the U.S. By late morning in New York, benchmark oil for June delivery was down $1.78 to $92.41 a barrel. That marks five straight days of declines after oil rose above $96 last week. ...
Oil falls below $93 on Europe, US economic news
The price of oil fell below $93 on Wednesday after disappointing economic reports from Europe and the U.S. By late morning in New York, benchmark oil for June delivery was down $1.82 to $92.39 a barrel. That marks five straight days of declines after oil rose above $96 last week. ...
Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths
Wind farms in this corner of Wyoming have killed more than four dozen golden eagles since 2009, one of the deadliest places in the country of its kind. But so far, the companies operating industrial-sized turbines here and elsewhere that are killing eagles and other protected birds have yet to ...
Colorado Editorial Roundup
A sampling of recent editorials from Colorado newspapers: NATIONAL: The Durango Herald, May 12, on health care transparency, wildly divergent hospital charges and reimbursement rates: While the Affordable Health Care Act that will begin to be implemented at the beginning of 2014 is producing plenty of criticism about what is ...
Oil slides as IEA sees US output rising
The price of oil slid by nearly $1 a barrel Tuesday as the International Energy Agency raised its forecast for U.S. oil production while cutting its prediction for global crude demand. Benchmark oil for June delivery dropped 96 cents to close at $94.21 a barrel on the New York Mercantile ...
EU probes oil companies for possible price-fixing
European anti-trust authorities have launched investigations into at least three oil companies on suspicion of price-fixing. Britain's BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Norway's Statoil confirmed they are subject to the inquiry announced Tuesday by the European Union's executive arm, the Commission. Statoil said a raid at its headquarters in Stavanger, ...
North Carolina editorial roundup
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: May 14 The Daily Reflector, Greenville, N.C., on reform: North Carolina developed its current system of taxation during the revenue reforms of the Great Depression, seeking to keep state government afloat at a time of widespread hardship. It depended — and still depends — ...
West Virginia editorial roundup
Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: May 13 Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette on Greenhouse buildup: A historic landmark occurred last week. Scientists at a Hawaii mountaintop observatory reported that carbon dioxide buildup in the atmosphere reached 400 parts per million for the first time since the Pliocene Epoch -- 5 million ...
TVA to offer early retirement incentives
The Tennessee Valley Authority is offering retirement incentives to employees of some of its coal-fired power plants. According to the Chattanooga Times Free Press (http://bit.ly/15INGK5 ), TVA wants to cut some of the 2,400 jobs in the fossil plant division. The government-owned utility is talking with workers at its 11 ...
Turkey: oil search deal reached in northern Iraq
Turkey says its state-run petroleum company has reached a deal with U.S. company Exxon Mobil to explore for oil in northern Iraq. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that the deal was a "step toward exploring for oil" in Iraq's Kurdish region. He said details of the deal would ...
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