With oil hitting $120, there are some things about the energy markets that don't make much sense. Or maybe they do We've all heard the reasons why the price of oil is soaring. Pipeline attacks in Nigeria, mischief in Iran,
ABUJA, Nigeria - A workers' strike that slashed Nigeria's oil output ended Thursday and regular production will resume, the union behind the strike said. The head of the workers' bloc at an Exxon Mobil Corp. unit in Nigeria said members
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Imagine a life where you cycle each morning to work, and come home at night to tend your allotment and eat a dinner of locally produced food. Maybe after your meal you take a walk down
Congressmen form both sides of the aisle point the finger at farmers for skyrocketing grocery prices, but oil prices are 'main culprit' says leader of National Farmers Union. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Lawmakers heaped blame on farmers - and the
Auto racing is the ultimate in gas-guzzling entertainment. But the prospect of paying $4 a gallon to get to the track has some fans reluctant to start their engines. Ticket sales have slipped just as May, the biggest month in
A group of farmers and hauliers are staging a demonstration outside the Stanlow Oil Refinery at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire over rising fuel prices. Up to 20 lorries are said to be backed up outside the plant and are being
NEW ORLEANS — One of the world’s richest men toured one of America’s poorest cities on Tuesday, a whistle-stop visitor from a distant land come to see his good works in a place still needing a stranger’s kindness. After Hurricane
ST. LOUIS — For more than a century, the Mississippi River has been one of the nation’s most important transportation corridors, a muddy, winding pathway for moving bulk commodities such as grain and coal and other goods. Now, a New
The list of companies offering employees bicycles as a cleaner, cheaper way to get to work is about to grow. Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center said Wednesday it plans to test such a program in mid-July. In exchange for
More than seven in 10 voters insist that they would not be willing to pay higher taxes in order to fund projects to combat climate change, according to a new poll released to coincide with the local elections. The survey
