The Nine Hottest Cars This Year
Courtesy Volkswagen AGCar sales are on a tear. Through the first five months of 2013, U.S. car sales are up by 8.2%, compared to the same period last year. Some of the more popular…
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Inside the CIA’s Venture Capital Business
By: Matt Egan / FOXBusiness Last week, Americans were shocked to learn about the U.S. intelligence community’s telephone and Internet surveillance activities. However, investors may also be surprised to learn that same agency operates…
Serious Breaches at BP’s Norwegian Platform Cause Risk of Huge Explosion
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Can the Oil Boom Cross the Rio Grande?
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Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Grew by $37 Billion in First Quarter
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Oil Rig Worker Ranked as 5th Worst Job in America
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Chinese Energy Firms Invade U.S. Neighbors Mexico and Canada
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Are Canadian Oil Policies Misguided?
ThinkstockBy Daniel J. Graeber, Oilprice.com The provincial government in Alberta is mulling new rules that would require the oil industry to cut greenhouse gas emissions tied to oil sands production by as much as 40…
Rail and Oil: Unlikely Bedfellows?
Daniel J. Graeber, Oilprice.com The amount of crude oil delivered by rail in the United States set a record last year by an overwhelming margin. The U.S. Energy Department said it expects domestic crude…
Solar and Big Oil Join Forces in Middle East
ThinkstockSolar technology can use heat from the sun to extract heavy crude from aging fields—and the idea is gaining ground and investment from big oil companies like Shell. Last week, Royal Dutch Shell Plc.…
High-Frequency Trading: A Grave Threat to the Markets and the Economy
-By Eric Philo High-frequency trading (HFT) is the extremely rapid trading of securities through the use of sophisticated hardware and software, enhanced by positioning this hardware in very close physical proximity to exchange servers…
America’s Most Expensive Neighborhoods
ThinkstockA little-known Northern California town, established more than 100 years ago on a tract of land owned by a Scottish liquor wholesaler named James Ross, offers some of the nation’s most expensive homes. The…
Whence the Deficit? A Closer Look. Federal Debt – The Grim Arithmetic
-By Eric Philo The explosion of the deficit in 2009 is a direct result of the financial meltdown of 2008, and the subsequent deep recession it caused . Even though the dramatic effect of…
The 10 Best-Selling Hybrid Cars
This week, electric car maker Tesla Motors cut its revenue forecast and announced it would be selling 5 million shares of stock to raise capital. Some are beginning to question the long-term viability of…
The Most Educated Countries in the World
College graduation rates continued to improve around the world during the recession, according to a recent international economic study. In more developed countries, the percentage of adults with the equivalent of a college degree…
America’s Poorest States
Wikimedia Commons / Creative CommonsMedian household income in the United States declined for the second straight year, according to data released from the U.S. Census Bureau today. Income was $50,502 in 2011, more than…
America’s Richest States
Wikimedia Commons/creative commonsMedian household income in the United States declined for the second straight year, according to data released from the U.S. Census Bureau today. Income was $50,502 in 2011, more than 8% below…
Cars with the Most Safety Complaints
Last year, the government received nearly 30,000 complaints from car owners concerned about potentially dangerous defects with their vehicle. Since 2007, the department responsible for auto safety — the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety…
Ten Towns That Cannot Turn Around
Since home prices peaked in the beginning of 2006, the U.S. median home price is down by a third. And though the market has begun to show signs of bottoming out, prices are still…
States Losing the Most Jobs to China
Debate over how many jobs the United States loses to China has gone on for years. Today, China is one of the two largest manufacturing economies in the world. The other is the United…