U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following better-than-expected reports on eurozone PMI. The improvements still did not push eurozone country PMI readings into the expansion area, and the EU’s statistical branch,…
ThinkstockOne of the transportation methods commonly offered as an alternative to crude oil and refined product pipelines is rail transport. Last weekend’s 10,000 gallon rupture in an Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM)…
Jon OggInvestors and traders alike are usually on the lookout for new ideas that will generate profits. 24/7 Wall St. looks over research calls from Wall St. and beyond to find great…
The end of March brought on the last trading of the quarter, with the S&P Index hitting new all-time closing highs in what felt like a very choppy couple of weeks. While…
thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks declined by 95 billion cubic feet last week, slightly less than the decline of 83 billion to 87 billion…
Dividends and income growth drive value and income investors alike. Companies raising their dividends often keep investors far longer than companies that refuse to reward their shareholders by returning capital to them.…
Wikimedia CommonsFines of energy companies continue to be the rage among the news media. Perhaps it is the hangover of the huge bonanza of press coverage following the BP PLC (NYSE: BP)…
24/7 Wall St. has been delivering readers many lists of stocks that offer upside as the S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average are within striking distance of all-time highs. The…
ThinkstockFrom 2007 to 2012, imports of crude oil to the northeastern U.S. have fallen from around 1.5 million barrels a day to 870,000 barrels according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency. The…
thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks declined by 62 billion cubic feet last week, slightly less than the decline of 70 billion cubic feet anticipated…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) received bids on 1.7 million acres in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico at today’s auction, but none of the bids came from BP plc…
ThinkstockThere has been a bruising battle over how much America’s largest corporations should pay in taxes, especially as the size of the federal budget deficit grows. While on paper the federal corporate…
thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks declined by 145 billion cubic feet last week, slightly more than the decline of 134 billion cubic feet anticipated…
ThinkstockAdd China’s ENN Group Co. to the rather short list of companies rolling out a network of natural gas fueling stations along U.S. highways. Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE) and Royal…
ThinkstockThe Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) released its annual report for 2012. The data show that the U.S. solar market grew 76% last year. Even with that level of expansion, the energy…
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