Subscribe to RSSBHP (BHP) Acquires Chesapeake Energy’s (CHK) Shale Gas Interests for $4.75 Billion
Global mining giant BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) has agreed to buy shale gas interests from Chesapeake Energy Corp (NYSE:CHK) for $4.75 billion in its first move into...
Where have investors been placing their bets over the past year?
Article written by Prieur du Plessis, editor of the Investment Postcards from Cape Town blog.While the global financial crisis that reared its ugly head in mid-2007...
Inflation and the Damage Done
The Mogambo Stupidity Prize (MSP) is a not-so-rare honor bestowed to highlight the laughable kind of stupidity about inflation that is so prevalent these days that...
More China Real Estate Bubble: Ghost Mall Edition
In the video below, Bloomberg’s Paul Allen visits the New South China Mall in Dongguan, China, on the southeast coast of the country, roughly midway between...
Clean Coal (Say WATT?) – Our Energy Future
Guest Post by Ira Glickstein The December 2010 issue of the Atlantic shows an amazing turn-around by some of the Global Warming warmists! Yes, they are still tuned...
Terence Kealey: What Does Climategate Say About Science?
John A: This is a provocative essay, and I’ve thought of at least a couple of replies to counter some of the arguments, but I think it deserves a wider audience....
Craven Attention: The Sequel
by Steven Mosher In the last episode of ”Craven Attention” I recounted some of the things Greg Craven said during a panel discussion after Oppenheimer’s...
The Last Angry Man’s Problem With IMF Gold Sales
Adrian Ash of BullionVault.com writes that “the International Monetary Fund said it has completed the gold bullion sales program begun in October 2009,” and...
The Economic Flop that Was 2010
The year is almost over. Time to write the obituaries. What kind of year was it? A flop. A failure. A loser. Just like we said it would be. It was a “year that...
‘Warming’ up to junk science
For three years in a row, global warming models have predicted – erroneously – that Europe would have warm, snow-free winters. Meanwhile climatologist...
United Nations Bans Journalist from Climate Conference
The UN has refused access to the Cancun Climate Change Conference to Phelim McAleer, who is well known for asking scientists and politicians difficult questions...
Yeah, Thanks A Lot!
This week, Americans sit down in their sturdy chairs to enjoy a national feast. Businesses are shut down. Congress is adjourned. For one day at least, citizens can...
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