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Sarah Palin's book: Going Rogue. Triumph or Tragedy?
I just picked up Sarah Palin's book, Going Rogue, last night, and I admit that I was able to put it down before finishing it completely. It's not that it's boring, but it's certainly not riveting either. It's just Sarah. She tells about...
Tags: Sarah Palin, going rogue, new book, best seller, politics, alaska, president, conservative, democratic, republican, allnews, allnews, hollywood, miss america, beauty queen, christian, catholic, religion, special needs, first woman president, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama, united states, washington DC, big oil, Yes, allnews, Triumph, Rogue, Resignation of Sarah Palin, Political positions of Sarah Palin, United States presidential election, Going Rogue: An American Life, Phoenix
Mexican minister optimistic on oil reserves discovery in Gulf of Mexico
Mexico City :: Mexico | 2 months ago
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There is a strong possibility that oil reserves can also be found in the Mexican side of the Gulf of Mexico, Mexican Energy Minister Georgina Kessel said on Friday. "In the studies we have undertaken, there is a possibility of oil on the U.S.-Mexico...
Tags: U.S.-Mexico, big oil, oil reserves, Gulf of Mexico
Venezuela seeks investments from Big Oil
Cabimas :: Venezuela | 10 months ago
Credibility Squeezed by slumping crude prices, Venezuela is reaching out to the multinational oil companies it once demonized as imperialist profiteers. Venezuela is soliciting bids from the world's major oil companies to extract heavy crude from vast deposits in...
Obama Backs Off Promise
Between this move and the move to wait to repeal the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, it looks like Obama is breaking some promises. Good news and bad news in the last day. The good news: Barack Obama has appointed a NAFTA critic, Rep. Xavier Becerra,...
Tags: obama, big oil, taxes, president-elect, windfall profits
Obama drops call for oil windfall profit tax
Miami :: FL :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility President-elect Barack Obama has shelved his proposal to impose a windfall profits tax on oil companies now that prices have fallen from record levels earlier in the year, according to a transition aide. Obama in August called for the government to give...
Tags: president-elect barack, obama, president-elect, president, big oil, barack, oil price, windfall profits, profits tax, Barack Obama
‘Profits big because companies big’: A chief economist for the petroleum industry defends oil’s record profits
Naples :: FL :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The American Petroleum Institute represents the interests of 400 oil and gas companies, including producers, refiners, suppliers, pipeline operators and marine transporters. API’s president and chief executive officer, Jack Gerard, issued a statement...
Tags: president, president-elect, obama, big oil, barack, elect, profits tax, windfall profits, oil companies
LPG dealers watching big oil firms" moves
Manila :: Philippines | about 1 year ago
Credibility Dealers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) are watching the moves of big oil firms so they can fine-tune their next price rollback. Arnel Ty said they are now calculating how much they can absorb given the recent price rollbacks announced by big oil firms....
Tags: oil firms, big oil, LPGMA, liquefied petroleum, petroleum gas
Toronto Star: Layton promises gas price relief
Toronto :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility The price gouging at the pumps will continue until the George Bush and Stephen Harper eras are over in North America, NDP Leader Jack Layton told some 500 cheering fans at a CNE election rally. Layton said the recent spike in the cost of gasoline illustrates...
Tags: Jack Layton, Mr. Layton, Canada, oil companies, Stephen Harper, gas price, Toronto Star, big oil, NDP, ndp leaders
Petrol monitor on road to defeat
Perth :: Australia | about 1 year ago
Credibility Unless Senator Xenophon reverses his position, only a significantly weakened scheme would win the approval of the Senate. It is understood that Senator Fielding, while supporting FuelWatch's aims, has growing concerns about the scheme. The Greens are...
Tags: Nick Xenophon, Senate, oil companies, appears doomed, independent senator, fuelwatch scheme, independent nick, big oil, senator nick, joined independent
McCain camp rips Obama’s energy plan
Jacksonville :: FL :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility However, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), a top McCain adviser and reportedly on the Arizona senator’s shortlist of vice presidential candidates, ripped Obama’s plan in a conference call with reporters. “I believe that what we’ll see today is Barack Obama attempting...
Tags: drilling, Barack Obama, John McCain, gas prices, U.S, oil stockpile, big oil, million barrels, lower gas, White House
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