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The US Economic Impacts of Climate Change and the Costs of Inaction
October 16, 2007, 1 Comment

16 October 2007 The total economic cost of climate change in the United States will be major and nationwide in scope, bu ...

Wednesday Night #1336: TAR SANDS
October 10, 2007, 5 Comments

Tar Sands At one time, the supply of fossil fuels appeared virtually endless. It was probably Marion King Hubbert who, i ...

Wednesday Night #1336 Jacques Clément Report
October 10, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1336 Jacques Clément Report

October 10, 2007 U.S. The Dow Jones reached a record level yesterday at 14,165 a gain of 762 points since the Sept, 18 b ...

Will offshore oil turn [Newfoundland] around?
October 8, 2007, Comments Off on Will offshore oil turn [Newfoundland] around?

The Economist Newfoundland diary Toil and trouble Oct 8th 2007 … I have come here not for the past, but for the fu ...

Wednesday Night #1335
October 3, 2007, 1 Comment

3 October 2007 We will continue our high-tech education this week in the company of Guy Stanley OWN, newly-appointed Dir ...

Sarkozy, the European Central Bank and Gettysburg
October 2, 2007, Comments Off on Sarkozy, the European Central Bank and Gettysburg

By George Friedman Last week, French President Nicolas Sarkozy attacked the policies of the European Central Bank (ECB), ...

Wednesday Night #1334 Jacques Clément Report
September 28, 2007, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1334 Jacques Clément Report

September 28, 2007 U.S. At 13,913, the Dow Jones is 128 points away from the July 19 record, having gained over 500 poin ...

Wednesday Night #1334
September 26, 2007, 1 Comment

26 September 2007 This is National Biotechnology Week which we would have expected to produce great chest-thumping from ...

Abu Dhabi National to Buy PrimeWest
September 24, 2007, Comments Off on Abu Dhabi National to Buy PrimeWest

While we do not usually post business news, we believe the ramifications of this story are important. It seems obvious t ...

Oil-Dollar Links
September 21, 2007, Comments Off on Oil-Dollar Links

Sept. 21 (Bloomberg) — Oil is up, the dollar down; and if the petroleum part of the relationship doesn’t cha ...

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