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Texas School Standards: Age of the Universe Erased

Thanks to SPS for the link. Reposted from http://www.physorg.com/news158320278.html (PhysOrg.com) -- The fight over the new education and curriculum standards for the public schools in Texas has been long and publicized. Most of the publicity, though, ...

From MIRANDA MARQUIT, RichardDawkins.net,  17 Apr 2009

Looking for Solid Returns from Big Oil

Many Big Oil companies still have solid fundamentals. One of the main rules for investing during volatile times is to look for companies with strong fundamentals. This is especially true for an investor like me who isn't overly active and who likes the ...

From MIRANDA MARQUIT, ETF Investor,  31 Mar 2008
Related Topics: BP p.l.c.,  ExxonMobil

Russia Looking Into BP's Environmental Practices

The environmental inspection will be led by Oleg Mitvol, who two years ago led a campaign against Royal Dutch/Shell on the Pacific island of Sakhalin, effectively forcing the firm to sell out to state gas export monopoly Gazprom. ... The Kremlin ...

From MIRANDA MARQUIT, ETF Investor,  23 Mar 2008
Related Topics: BP p.l.c.

Exxon Mobil Sees Setback in Venezuela

British judge cancels order to freeze $12 billion in PdVSA assets. It was widely considered that the asset freeze was part of the reason oil prices soared to more than $100 a barrel, as Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, threatened to stop shipping ...

From MIRANDA MARQUIT, ETF Investor,  18 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Hugo Chávez,  ExxonMobil

Exxon Mobil Diversifies Into the Hybrid Car Market

But even as it hunts the earth for new supplies of oil and natural gas, Exxon has worked on developing alternative energy technology. The company, which has big plastic and chemical operations, isn't keen on the long-term prospects for biofuels, but ...

From MIRANDA MARQUIT, ETF Investor,  13 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Ford Motor Company

Exxon Mobil to Increase Spending on Exploration

Spending this year on exploration, production platforms and other so-called upstream operations will rise by about 21 percent to $19 billion, Tillerson said. The company will start 19 projects by the end of 2010 that will add the equivalent of 725,0 ...

From MIRANDA MARQUIT, ETF Investor,  10 Mar 2008

BP to Use Technology to Increase Output of Prudhoe Bay

With worries about oil supply from OPEC mounting, and with concerns over the increasing costs of oil exploration, some Big Oil companies are focusing their efforts on getting as much as they can out of existing oil fields. One example? BP (BP) and its ...

From MIRANDA MARQUIT, ETF Investor,  25 Feb 2008
Related Topics: BP p.l.c.,  OPEC

Do Biofuels Harm More than They Help?

Dr. Searchinger said the only possible exception he could see for now was sugar cane grown in Brazil, which take relatively little energy to grow and is readily refined into fuel. He added that governments should quickly turn their attention to ...

From MIRANDA MARQUIT, ETF Investor,  14 Feb 2008
Related Topics: Archer Daniels Midland

A Kilogram Just Ain't What It Used To Be

For the offspring of a science deity, the legacy is more burden than blessing.02.12.2008 A proposal to create special constellations that nature would never produce02.08.2008 Between YouTube videos, your processor can search for a cure for AIDS.02.06.20 ...

From MIRANDA MARQUIT, Discover,  13 Feb 2008

Exxon Wins Battle to Freeze $12 Billion in Assets of Venezuela's Oil Company

ExxonMobil said on Feb. 7 that courts in Britain and the U.S. had granted its requests to freeze more than $12 billion in assets of Venezuela's state oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela. ExxonMobil is seeking compensation for the nationalization of ...

From MIRANDA MARQUIT, ETF Investor,  10 Feb 2008

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