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Americans love comebacks; particularly great comebacks like those memorialized in movies like Rocky Balboa, in real-life stories such as George 'The Gipper' Gipp, and in corporate America such as Apple [...]

Now at last, in a region other than California, we can see clearly that renewable mandates and fears of carbon taxes have influenced the power-plant development cycle. Moreover, this effect [...]

Daily news headlines have drawn attention to concerns about fuels, especially the rising prices of oil and natural gas. Fears of interruptions of oil exports from Iraq, Iran, Russia, and [...]

The rise in the prices of the energy resources has left all the energy consuming industries, especially the chemical industry, face the toughest year in 2003. The balance sheets of several companies are analyzed to estimate the intensity of the impact of the energy price hike.

The year 2003 has posed tough challenges for all the energy consuming industries, especially the basic chemicals industry, which requires oil and natural gas as raw materials. A review on the quarter results of a few chemical companies manifest that the increasing demand for energy keeps their prices at a high level.

Remarks by David J. O'Reilly, Chairman and CEO of Chevron Texaco, at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Leadership Series in Washington, DC on June 23, 2004. Reprinted with permission. [...]

Faced with a slew of proposed rules designed to shore up investor confidence, executives at some of Des Moines' biggest companies are trying to decipher their businesses' futures in a [...]

The role of non-executive directors in the board room is being called into question after the recent corporate collapses of Enron and other U.S. companies. Why did they not ensure that the company followed appropriate accounting policies, that the auditors were independent and let shareholders know?

Byline: Michael Bradford Soaring petroleum costs and increased demand have meant greater risks for energy companies. As the value of their product rises, so do their business interruption exposures. Compounding [...]

The Alberta government is working with industry on ways to diversify the markets for increasing oil sands output to include the export of gasoline, diesel and petrochemical products [TABLE OMITTED] [...]

Oil. Black Gold. Texas Tea. No matter how you describe it, the energy industry is once again propelling Houston's metro office market to heights not seen since the last oil [...]

Staff Push back hard on price hikes Regarding 'energy official: Gas prices could remain high' (Price and Supply Alert , May 17, 2006) how can we as citizens rally around [...]

For some time to come, I believe the big three-dollar, gold and crude oil-is going to be the focus of the big trader's pocketbook. They have big markets, decent liquidity [...]

The Energy Information Administration last week released the Annual Energy Outlook 2006 (AEO2006) full report on its website. In preparing projections for the AEO2006, EIA evaluated a wide range of [...]

Quantum dots are the subject of over 700 issued U.S. patents since 1986, according to BCC associate John Oliver, who is also president of Innov8 Solutions (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). Patent [...]

The European energy industry is responsible for 31 per cent of all mercury emitted into the air, according to newly published data by the European Commission. In the first European [...]

The Conservatives were due to flesh out their revamped energy policy at their party conference in Bournemouth this week. However, it is difficult to see them garnering the sort of [...]

In the wake of the Enron meltdown, President Bush and leaders on Capitol Hill have condemned executives' conduct and moved to reform 401(k) administration. At press time, the Senate had [...]

A majority of Michigan residents think that the financial and accounting scandal that followed the collapse of Enron Corp. will cause Michigan-based companies to act more responsibly and ethically than [...]

The securitization market seems destined to be dragged down by the new regulations coming out of the Enron Corp. debacle. Weeks after Banc One Capital Markets analysts wrote that they [...]

SPACE WEATHER is a general term describing conditions in space that affect the Earth and our technological systems. Geomagnetic storms, which can not only cripple the electrical grid but also [...]

A report by the C.B. Richard Ellis Inc. (CBRE) revealed that the strength of the energy, bioscience and defense industries contributed to the stability of the Denver, Colorado area, with the commercial real estate industry gaining the most economic benefits. Trends in the commercial real estate industry, as well as key details from the CBRE report, are discussed.

Houston's energy industry is attracting public relations firms back to Houston after a year of absence. Burson-Marsteller, which reopened a year ago in Houston, recently hired Thaddeus Herrick, former energy reporter and editor from Houston Chronicle and The Wall Street Journal to be the general manager of its Houston office. Fleishman Hillard Inc. hired newspaperman James Campbell to be in charge of the new business in Houston.

More than ever, energy resources demand security so that business and other activities can go on. After you've read this issue's cover feature, which is a special focus on energy [...]

Mississippi manufacturers who use natural gas to fuel production processes are getting hit twice from the impact of high natural gas prices. With natural gas prices up an average of [...]

ON 14 JULY, UK Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt announced the second round of offshore windfarm licensing. For the companies involved, it was the latest step in a process [...]

With a steady stream of firms in the accountancy practice incorporating into limited liability partnerships, the article narrates why the recent events like the Enron debacle, the collapse of the Independent Insurance Group, and the competitive advantages the law gives the firms.

Following the collapse of Enron Corp., the inevitable demise of Arthur Andersen L.L.P. will have other consequences, such as banning audit firms from providing non-audit services, allocation of work, uniformity of standards.

California politicians are hoping for some positive fallout in the wake of the Enron scandal, namely, lower energy prices. Steve Maviglio, a spokesman for Gov. Gray Davis' office, said the [...]