Stocks Slip On Consumer Spending
CBS4 Miami Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:44 PM PDT
Stocks slipped after cautious consumers saved more than they spent last month and a drop in oil hit energy shares. The government says Monday that consumer spending rose 0.2 percent last month, just above the 0.1 percent growth forecast by economists. Personal income rose 0.4 percent. That means consumers are saving more. Weaker spending could drag out a recovery. |
Market Commentary and Intraday News
INO News Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:44 PM PDT
(AP:WASHINGTON) Electricity and natural gas company Xcel Energy Inc. spent $460,000 in the first quarter to lobby the federal government on issues ranging from climate change to coal ash, according to a recent disclosure report. |
Horizon North Logistics wins contract to build 650 person camp
Brandon Sun Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:44 PM PDT
CALGARY - Horizon North Logistics Inc. (TSX:HNL), a Calgary-based energy sector services company, says it has won a contract to build a 650-person, 210 unit camp in the oilsands region of northern Alberta. |
Economy delays startup of Spiritwood coal plant
Finance and Commerce Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:44 PM PDT
With revenues down nearly 5.1 percent during 2009 and purchased power needs down even more, Great River Energy has delayed the start of its coal-fired Spiritwood Station power plant near Jamestown, N.D., until Jan. 1, 2012. |
India And Canada Sign Civil Nuclear Deal
OfficialWire Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:38 PM PDT
India and Canada have signed an agreement for nuclear energy cooperation, the prime ministers of both countries announced. The agreement comes 36 years after Canada placed sanctions on India after it exploded an atomic device using materials from a Canadian-made nuclear reactor. |
Rebate Money for Refrigerators, Clothes Washing Machines Gone
Albuquerque Journal Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:38 PM PDT
Rebate program still has money available for furnaces Money allocated for rebates to New Mexicans who purchase Energy Star refrigerators and clothes washing machines is gone, but the New Mexico Appliance Rebate Program still has money available . . . |
Your Smartphone Battery's Worst Enemy? The Wi-Fi Radio
EnterpriseMobileToday Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:34 PM PDT
Vendors have targeted a variety of phone components as being the chief culprit for energy drain, but now a study by university researchers in partnership with Microsoft Research India have found the real guilty party may be a phone's Wi-Fi radio. |
Lawmakers ask oil majors for Gulf spill plans
Reuters via Yahoo! News Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:34 PM PDT
Key U.S. lawmakers investigating the BP Plc oil spill have asked major energy companies for information on their response plans after it was discovered some companies' plans had errors including protecting species that don't live in the Gulf of Mexico. |
Spire Receives DOE Grant to Develop LED Based Solar Simulator
Renewable Energy World Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:32 PM PDT
BEDFORD, Mass., Jun 28, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR), an American global solar company providing capital equipment and turnkey manufacturing lines to produce photovoltaic (PV) modules worldwide, today announced it has been selected by the Department of Energy (DOE) as the recipient of a Small Business Innovation Research grant to develop a light emitting diode (LED ... |
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