As the US staggers toward a conclusion to the seemingly endless debate over the debt ceiling, many investors might be thinking of parking some assets in a nice safe place. One place to look…
When futures options for crude oil predict that prices will rise to $120/barrel by the end of the year, and industry analysts are looking at prices closer to $101/barrel, it’s tough to know whom…
Brazil’s Petroleo Brasileiro SA (NYSE: PBR), commonly called Petrobras, has approved a plan it announced last September to spend $224.7 billion developing an estimated 5 billion barrels of reserves. The spending, which will happen…
SunCoke Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SXC) has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 11,600,000 shares of common stock at $16.00 per share. As a reminder, SunCoke Energy will not receive any of…
The world of fluid management and water management continues to see consolidation. This morning came news that Nalco Holding Company (NYSE: NLC) has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Ecolab Inc. (NYSE: ECL).…
2011 may be off to a “Web 2.0 IPO Year” but it might just as easily be “The Year of Biofuel IPOs”… Biodiesel maker Renewable Energy Group Inc. has filed a Form S-1 for…
Shares of LDK Solar Co. Inc. (NYSE: LDK) are getting hit again today following the company’s announcement that a member of its board of directors who was also the head of its audit committee…
Less than five years ago, natural gas was selling for as much as $13/thousand cubic feet. It sells for about a third of that today, and some of the high-dollar projects that grew out…
There’s another case where supply of an alternative energy technology is very likely to overwhelm demand. There is plenty of evidence that such a situation is taking hold in the solar PV manufacturing space,…
The largest mining company in the world just got a little bigger. Australia’s BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) has agreed to acquire Petrohawk Energy Corp. (NYSE: HK) for $12.1 billion, a premium of more…
Chinese solar PV makers are taking a few more lumps today as investors continue to shy away from a sector that has been damaged by low demand forecasts and accounting issues at several of…
Looks like the whispers we were hearing yesterday about a split-up of some sort at oil major ConocoPhillips Corp. (NYSE: COP) were true. The company has announced this morning that it will spin-off its…
Often, large reports on trends put out by think tanks are a waste of paper or server storage space. Often, the documents are tainted by the political bias of the source of funds for…
In its July Market Report, OPEC predicts that demand for crude oil will rise by 1.32 million barrels/day in 2012. The International Energy Agency is predicting an increase of 1.5 million barrels/day. Either way,…
More than 40% of this year’s US corn harvest, about 5.05 billion bushels, is expected to be used to produce ethanol. That surpasses an estimated 5 billion bushels that will be used for livestock…