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Railroads profit from oil boom in North Dakota
Eve Troeh Dec 10, 2012
Trains haul fracking supplies into the region and haul oil out of it. The oil boom comes at a good time: the railroads' mainstay, coal, is in a slump.
One fracking minute: an animated explainer on hydraulic fracturing
Scott Tong Dec 10, 2012
There's an oil and gas boom in North America thanks to an innovation known as hydraulic fracturing that extracts natural gas and oil from shale rock deep underground. Here's how it works.
Oil boom family is cramped but together
Laura Candler Dec 5, 2012
A year after her husband moved to North Dakota's oil fields from their home in Missouri, Shannon Atwell picked up her four boys and joined him.
Port of L.A. strike comes to a close
Wendy Lee Dec 5, 2012
A deal has been reached to end an eight day strike at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which handle almost half of all the
cargo that arrives by sea in this country.
The oil boom: Born to be a roughneck
Todd Melby Dec 5, 2012
Richard Karpe had his first roughneck job at age 11, on a rig run by his stepfather. He talks about the roughneck life and its hazards.
British ash trees threatened by fungus from Denmark
Stephen Beard Dec 4, 2012
The disease could wipe out a third of Britain's forest, and landowners and tree growers could lose tens of millions.
Fun facts from the Census on jobs by gender and race
John Ketchum Nov 29, 2012
The U.S. Census Bureau today released a burst of data on who works in which profession and where. We plucked out a few interesting facts from the release.
Americans start to see light in economy
Frank Newport Nov 29, 2012
Consumer confidence at a five-year high according to new data this week. But what exactly makes us so confident?
GDP revised up to 2.7%, investment revised down
Diane Swonk Nov 29, 2012
Though the latest GDP numbers are up and jobless claims are down, the economic details tell a gloomier story.
BP banned from doing business with U.S. government
Stephen Beard Nov 28, 2012
The ban means BP will not be able to receive government contracts, loans or grants -- at least for a while.
