Most commodities are wrapping up November with price gains, especially metals and energy futures. ||| Most commodities are wrapping up November with price gains, especially metals and energy futures. The star performers for the month are silver, palladium and gasoline. Gold traded above $1,400 an ounce for the first time, silver set a settlement high [...]
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Italy, Venezuela Ink Major Oil Deal
November 24th, 2010
davidguide AHN News Staff Caracas, Venezuela (AHN) – In what could be the largest joint investment between Italy and Venezuela, energy giants of both countries have signed an agreement to develop crude oil fields and to construct a refinery. The $17 billion deal was signed between Italian energy company ENI and Venezuelan state-owned oil company Petroleos [...]
Britain Plans To Make All 26 Million Homes Green In Next 10 Years
November 3rd, 2010
davidguide British Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne announced Tuesday a plan that would make all 26 million homes in the country green over the next 10 years. Under the New Green Deal, local councils, supermarkets and chain stores would extend loans up to $15,000 (10,000 pounds) to homeowners. View full post on All Stories
Brazilians Elect First Woman President
November 1st, 2010
davidguide Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Brasilia, Brazil (AHN) – Brazilians elected their first female president as officials declared on Sunday that presidential chief of staff and former energy minister Dilma Rousseff won the runoff elections against former Sao Paolo governor and health minister Jose Serra. The Superior Electoral Court or TSE declared Rousseff, [...]
U.S. Steel Workers Union Protests China Clean Energy Plan
September 9th, 2010
davidguide Jeehan Fernandez – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – The United Steelworkers union filed Thursday a comprehensive trade case with the U.S. government against China’s clean energy plan. The complaint identified “a broad array of Chinese policies and practices that threaten the future of America’s alternative and renewable energy sector,” according to [...]
Consider using these 5 E-valuation factors to avoid a financial rip tide: learn to thrive, not just survive, in these trying economic times
October 13th, 2009
davidguide These are frustrating economic times. Stress and anxiety is high. We all want to know what is happening out there in our economy and business landscape. Is the de-leveraging over or is there more downside to come? What is causing all this turmoil to occur? How do we survive? Let me suggest two [...]
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