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Romney's Family Trusts Failed To Keep His Divestment Pledge

AP | STEPHEN BRAUN | Posted 04.02.2012

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WASHINGTON — Presidential candidate Mitt Romney promised in 2007 he would shed any investments that conflicted with Republican positions on hot-...

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Who Really Controls Iraq's Oil Industry?

NY Times | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Lukoil, Iraq Oil, Baker Hughes, Iraq Oil Industry, Schlumberger, America, Halliburton, Exxon Mobil, Oil, Exxon, Iraq, Oil Companies, World News

MOSCOW — When Iraq auctioned rights to rebuild and expand its oil industry two years ago, the Russian company Lukoil won a hefty portion — a field...

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Shell, Panalpina Near Settlement In Bribery Case, Sources Say

Wall Street Journal | Kara Scannell And Thomas Catan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shell, US Justice Department, Schlumberger, Settlements, Royal Dutch Shell, Bribery Case Panalpina, Business News

A big Swiss shipping and logistics company and Royal Dutch Shell PLC, one of its customers, are close to settling foreign-bribery charges stemming fr...

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BP Starts Burning Oil From Leaking Ruptured Well

AP | RAY HENRY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gulf Oil Spill, Oil Burn, Oil Spill Burn, Bp, BP PLC, Deepwater Horizon, Schlumberger, Green News

NEW ORLEANS — BP began slowly burning oil siphoned from a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday as part of its plans to more than tri...

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BP Smoking Gun? Oil Giant Skipped Critical Testing Hours Before Explosion

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Schlumberger BP, Schlumberger, Deepwater, Oil Rig, Deepwater Horizon, Oil Rig Fire, Oil Rig Explosion, BP Oil Spill, Gulf Oil Spill, BP Oil Rig, Green News

New revelations about BP's operations on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on the day of the explosion are being described as the smoking gun that proves ...

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Who Says the Bad News Is Over?

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Qualcomm, JP Morgan Chase, Market Outlook, Stock Market, Dow Jones, Schlumberger, Wall Street, Stock Picks, Lincoln National, Business News
Dan Dorfman

Sometimes, it takes a swift kick in the can to wake us up to reality. That may have occurred last Friday when the Dow got hammered for close to a 101-point loss.

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Underlying Questions Remain About Natural-Gas Drilling

Susan Cosier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Natural Gas Drilling, Marcellus Shale, DEC, Schlumberger, Bj Services, Haliburton, Epa, Benzene Contamination, Safe Drinking Water Act, Natural Gas, New York State Department of Conservation, Propublica, Groundwater Contamination, Green News
Susan Cosier

The race to drill for natural gas has never been so furious as it has been over the last few years. Yet, still lingering is the question of whether the process could contaminate groundwater.

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