Consumer prices up in West after late-2008 declines BizJournals Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:42 AM PDT Consumer prices in Hawaii and other western states rose 0.6 percent in January after declines the previous two months, fueled by a recent rise in energy costs, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Wednesday. | Nordic Windpower Appoints Wind Energy Industry Leader Tom Carbone as CEO PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:42 AM PDT Nordic Windpower Ltd., the leading company manufacturing and selling cost-competitive and highly reliable two-bladed, utility-scale wind turbines, today announced that Thomas M. Carbone has been appointed as the company's new Chief Executive Officer, effective March 11, 2009. | Low energy prices cut offshore bids sharply AP via Yahoo! Finance Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:37 AM PDT With oil and natural gas prices far below those from a year ago, energy companies put up $703 million in high bids for offshore tracts in the central Gulf of Mexico. | SA keen on nuclear energy News 24 South Africa Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:33 AM PDT South Africans are among the strongest supporters of nuclear energy in a survey conducted in 20 countries, says the company that commissioned the survey. | Duke to sell $450M in mortgage bonds The Cincinnati Enquirer Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:32 AM PDT Cincinnati-based Duke Energy Ohio Inc. is planning to sell $450 million of 10-year first mortgage bonds to raise money, according to company filing today with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. | Valero Energy CEO's compensation drops 50% KSWO Lawton-Wichita Falls Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:30 AM PDT Associated Press - March 18, 2009 1:15 PM ET NEW YORK (AP) - Valero Energy's chairman, president and chief executive received compensation valued at $6.6 million in 2008. | THE UK IS FACING ECONOMIC TURBULENCE Mondaq Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:28 AM PDT Rising fuel and energy bills, stock market volatility, credit restrictions and a growing crisis in the housing market all point towards a possible economic slowdown and recession in the UK. Most retailers are seeing a downturn in spend or, at the very least, expecting a slow down in spend and Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, said in May 2008 "For the time being at least, the 'nice' ... | | |
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