The World Economic Forum is widely known for the glittering array of its high-profile attendees and, more recently, for its role in annually highlighting the response of global elites to the economic crisis that accelerated in 2008 and has since played out in both the euro crisis and grinding developed-economy...

Working in the energy sector is an inherently political activity. I once sat opposite a friend of a friend at lunch, and when she found out that I covered the energy business and then quizzed me on the industry's practices, asked if I found people often wanted to hit me....

There are a few definitions of the word "pride" out there; the one that rings most true after a busy, emotional and incredibly fun Pride Week in New York is that of "self-respect" -- though the t-shirts on New York Pride March staff that said "Love, period" summed it up...

Excitement continues to build at AOL headquarters only a week into Pride Month as we prepare for an action-packed Pride Pep Rally and participation in New York City's unparalleled Pride March.

Our two winners to join headquarters staff for Pride Weekend in New York have been chosen by random draw,...

There are lots of reasons to come to New York in the summer, but one of the most fun and fascinating times is Pride Weekend, when it seems like the entire city joins the LGBT community in marking another year of progress.

While we should never forget many of the...

This June marks 42 years of Pride Parades in New York City, and AOL's Out at AOL club is getting involved in the latest, greatest Pride as part of a strong and evolving tradition celebrating inclusivity and marking the incredible progress of a powerful movement.

The original "Gay...

In late April dozens of the world's top energy leaders gathered by the side of the Bosphorus in Istanbul to continue a tradition of discussion that has been going on since the end of the First World War required coordinated approaches to rebuilding a damaged Europe.

But while...

Investors representing staggering sums of money gathered at the headquarters of United Nations to hear a day of discussions on climate risk and energy solutions this week.

The packed room included bankers, pension fund executives, policy-makers and the usual crowd of climate change professionals largely made up of consultants that...

Can the millions of workers in the U.S. energy sector, their families and neighbors, and the millions more whose lives are built on energy activities, be convinced to vote their concerns about an industry?

In other democracies workers in individual sectors often view their politics through their professional and industrial...

Hundreds of millions of dollars have been committed to solar and wind projects in recent weeks, and while the end of the year often brings with it a spate of deals to avoid upcoming changes in tax policy, that money is coming from a new and different source.

From the perspective of the U.S. energy business, the European debt crisis can feel very far away.

The impacts of ongoing sovereign debt debates are felt first in markets for government bonds and currencies; one can only guess what the extent will be of ramifications on

Markets run in cycles; we are all at the mercy of ups and downs in the macro and micro. Commodities markets, including those for energy, are often held to the dictates of "supercycles." Infrastructure for commodities is so expensive, development timelines are so lengthy and the underlying shifts...

The end of the summer brings with it the sense, if not always the reality, of the western world returning to work.


For a lot of people in the US today, there simply is no work, as unemployment numbers and...