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Big Oil cuts back, but not on dividends

Feb 2, 2015
ExxonMobil profits are down 21 percent, so company curtails jobs and investments.

The future of oil and gas after the boom

Dec 18, 2014
The price of oil is dropping. Good news or bad news?

One shortage in booming oil fields: regulators

Oct 15, 2014
State agencies find that industry offers higher salaries to new college graduates.

Suzuki recalls 19,000 cars because, spiders.

Aug 27, 2014
Spiders fuel Suzuki's 19,000 car recall.

The big business of tear gas, explained

Aug 19, 2014
Clouds — and people running from them — appear in images from Ferguson to Cairo.

Will the instability in Iraq flow to the pump?

Jun 16, 2014
What exactly goes into the price at the pump

Gazprom goes to China, Russia's economy rejoices

May 21, 2014
Russia and China strike a natural gas deal that assures Gazprom a very big market.

For public good, not for profit.

Oil giant Shell has a nasty surprise for the markets

Jan 17, 2014
The company is reporting weak profits. Shell says it was hit by higher exploration costs and lower oil and gas volumes.

The new color of gold in India: Black

Nov 12, 2013
India is looking for investors in its state-owned oil and coal companies, a big shift for a country that is famously protective.

EPA rules on coal plants' emissions will require new technology

Sep 20, 2013
The Environmental Protection Agency's is issuing new limits on emissions by coal-burning plants that new plants will need advanced carbon-capture technology to comply.