With our Green dreams of renewable energy still in the future, the biggest oil company in America is growing steadily. Ease your agony by cashing in on the profits from our oil-sucking ways.
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4e4d21/strategic_analysis) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Strategic Analysis of the South Korean Powertrain Market" to their offering. This study provides a strategic analysis of the Korean powertrain market with a specific focus on Valvetrain system, Injection system...
The national economic slump and energy crisis, two beasts connected at the hip, have turned daily financial life in the United States inside out. Or maybe it's upside down. More on that in a minute. As we have felt the pain of higher prices for gasoline, many...
NEW YORK -- Oil traders sent crude prices tumbling as low as $118 a barrel Tuesday on the growing belief that a U.S. economic slowdown and high energy costs are curbing consumer demand for gasoline and other petroleum products. Crude oil finished the day just above $119...
RICHMOND, Va. -- CarMax, Inc. (NYSE:KMX) today reported that comparable store used unit sales declined by an average of 17% for the months of June and July. "As reported in June, the sudden and dramatic drop-off in our sales beginning Memorial Day weekend caused us to withdraw our previous sales...
Preserve the reserve I found it stunning that Barack Obama has decided to back the tapping of the Strategic Oil Reserve for 70 million barrels while the Iranians are threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz (Inquirer, Aug. 5). In a time when it is quite easy to envision a...
Finger-pointing and political stunts from Congress won't lower gasoline prices. But that's exactly what lawmakers gave the public before adjourning for their August recess. A group of House Republicans are still protesting on the floor over Democrats' refusal to lift the ban on offshore oil drilling. The United States does...
WASHINGTON AFP — Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama Tuesday charged that oil giants were betting that only his Republican rival John McCain would let them keep on raking in record profits. Ratcheting up his assault on McCain over prices at the pump, Obama argued that his new...
My work requires that I travel, so effects of gasoline price increases are obvious. Yet more of us need to acknowledge that, as a society, we need higher gas prices. We have been subsidizing the very oil companies that have been exploiting a non-renewable resource as though it...
WASHINGTON -- Rising prices, falling home values, stagnant wages and tight credit. It's a potent combination that has struck the American consumer hard. In June, the second biggest rise in prices in nearly three decades muted the impact of billions of dollars in government stimulus payments, government...
In Lynn Arave's article on Utah gas prices (Aug. 1), an astounding whopper was laid on Deseret News readers. Lee Peacock, president of the Utah Petroleum Association, said he "hasn't kept track of gas prices." This begs several questions. First, what is his job, if not to track gas prices...
John G. Drosdick's eight-year tenure as Sunoco Inc.'s chief executive officer spanned some of the most profitable years ever for oil refiners. But as Drosdick steps down this week, the refining industry is back where it was when he joined the Philadelphia company as chief operating officer in 1996: in...
iCongo Survey Finds That Shoppers' Holiday Spending Habits Will Change to Cope with the Rising Price of Gas; 36 Percent of Online Adults More Likely to Shop Online PORTSMOUTH, N.H. & NEW YORK -- iCongo, Inc., a leading developer of e-business systems and software, today released the results...
WASHINGTON AFP — Barack Obama branded John McCain a stooge of profit-soaked US oil giants, as the White House rivals dueled on high gasoline prices and energy policy exactly three months from election day. Celebrating his 47th birthday, the Democrat on Monday launched a stinging counter-attack after the...
By Trista Freed THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Motorized bicycles can save money on gas prices, reduce environmental waste and add a boost to a normal bike ride. The bicycles range from those completely powered by a motor with pedals -- used only in...
By Trista Freed THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Motorized bicycles can save money on gas prices, reduce environmental waste and add a boost to a normal bike ride. The bicycles range from those completely powered by a motor with pedals -- used only in...
HOUSTON, Aug. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Copano Energy, L.L.C. announced today that it has updated its commodity risk management portfolio for the 2008 through 2011 calendar years by execution of the transactions summarized on the attached schedule. As a result of these transactions, Copano has acquired puts for...
Sky-high oil profits Anyone who drives a car that runs on gasoline should get a thank-you card soon from Rex Tillerson, chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corp. ("Exxon profit sets record, but its stock drops," Aug. 1). The skyrocketing prices we pay at the pump mean a lot to...
Portion of Household Income Spent on Gasoline Doubles in Last Five Years SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Less than one year ago the national average price for regular gasoline was $2.96 per gallon, and many consumers simply wrote off monthly fuels costs as a mere annoyance. Those days are...
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