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Big Oil Gets Serious on Cost Cuts in Worst Slump Since 1986
2015-01-19 06:12:17| Electronics - Topix.net
Major oil companies are awaking from their slumber and facing up to the magnitude of the crash in crude prices. From Royal Dutch Shell Plc canceling a $6.5 billion project in Qatar to Schlumberger Ltd. firing about 9,000 people and Statoil ASA giving up exploration in Greenland, the oil industry this week concluded that the slump is no blip.
Future looks green as cost of renewables falls
2015-01-18 06:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Khaleej Times: Costs of renewable energy have fallen by as much as 75 per cent in the last five years, especially for solar and wind energy. Over 1,000 delegates, including ministers and government officials, have gathered at the fifth International Renewable Energy (Irena) assembly taking place in Abu Dhabi on January 17-18 to discuss ways to help the 1.3 billion energy poor people around the world with clean energy. The assembly also discussed ways to tackle global warming. A positive trend recorded in...
Cost of renting 'up 3% in 2014'
2015-01-16 11:45:31| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The cost of renting a home in England and Wales rose by 3% over the course of 2014, according to a survey.
Report Finds Social Cost of Carbon Is $220 Per Ton
2015-01-16 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Green: How much does each ton of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere really cost us? Whether you're a corporate executive penciling out the costs of new emissions-reduction strategies or a government regulator evaluating the feasibility of a carbon tax, the idea of putting a concrete price on carbon permeates the field of sustainability. Now, a new paper by two Stanford University researchers contends that current government estimates of the "social cost of carbon" - a key metric of the economic...
Open House Thefts Cost Fake Real Estate Agent Year in Jail
2015-01-15 23:39:05| Real Estate - Topix.net
Sally Spaisman, 58, was sentenced Wednesday to one year in jail and five years of probation, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office, for stealing more than $82,000 worth of jewelry from about 12 homes in the Bethesda, Chevy Chase and Potomac areas. She pleaded guilty to the theft charges after she combed the Internet for expensive homes on the market, showed up at the open houses, then stole expensive jewelry, prosecutors said.
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