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House bid to sell oil from reserve fails WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to pass legislation intended to cool off gasoline prices by requiring the government to sell 70 million barrels of light sweet crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the national stockpile. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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House bid to sell oil from reserve fails
(Reuters) Reuters - The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to pass legislation intended to cool off gasoline prices by requiring the government to sell 70 million barrels of light sweet crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the national stockpile. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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House bid to extend jobless benefits fails A measure to extend unemployment benefits from 26 weeks to 39 weeks failed in the House on Wednesday, but the issue is likely to persist. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Zimbra customers spooked by Microsoft's Yahoo bid Zimbra customers are deeply concerned about Microsoft's bid for Yahoo because they feel that the deal would mean the end of the Zimbra collaboration and communication suite.In October, Yahoo acquired Zimbra, Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Energy Department to stop adding oil to reserve - Reuters Javno.hrEnergy Department to stop adding oil to reserveReuters - 15 hours agoBy Tom Doggett WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The US Energy Department said on Friday it will not add millions of barrels of oil to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, a move sought by Congress to battle Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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House rejects bill to boost drilling on leases WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives failed to approve legislation on Thursday that would have pushed oil companies to drill on federal leases they already hold while requiring the government to more often lease tracts in an Alaskan oil reserve. Home > Rss Directory > General > Reuters |
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House rejects bill to boost drilling on leases
(Reuters) Reuters - The House of Representatives failed to approve legislation on Thursday that would have pushed oil companies to drill on federal leases they already hold while requiring the government to more often lease tracts in an Alaskan oil reserve. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Under pressure, Yang still open to higher Microsoft bid Facing shareholder ire and a plunging stock price, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang said Yahoo board members would still sell the company to Microsoft or another suitor if the price is right.According to Bloomberg, Yang sai Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Greenland bid to raise whale hunt quota fails - Reuters India Greenland bid to raise whale hunt quota failsReuters India - 56 minutes agoBy Simon Gardner SANTIAGO, June 26 (Reuters) - Anti-whale catching nations on Thursday thwarted a bid by Greenland to raise its annual aboriginal whale hunting quota by 10 humpbacks, deeply polarizin Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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House Fails to Override Torture Veto House Fails to Overturn White House Veto of Anti-Waterboarding Bill Home > Rss Directory > General > ABC News |
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Bid for freefall record threatened by rogue balloon - Reuters The Southern LedgerBid for freefall record threatened by rogue balloonReuters - 6 hours agoCALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - A French parachutist's bid to set a world freefall record was in doubt on Tuesday after the balloon that was to carry him 40 km (25 miles) above the p Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Yahoo rejects MS proposal, seeks bid for entire company Yahoo on Saturday night rejected a joint proposal from Microsoft and investor Carl Icahn that had called for a restructuring and the sale of Yahoo's search business to Microsoft. The Internet company that had fought Microsoft's hostile bid for months has now suggested Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Senate votes to halt oil reserve shipments
(AP) AP - The Senate, in a direct challenge to President Bush, voted Tuesday to temporarily halt the shipment of thousands of barrels of oil a day into the government's emergency reserve. Both Democrats and Republicans said such shipments make no sense when oil is costing more than $120 a barrel and c Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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U.S. halts oil reserve shipments Oil prices retreated from a record high near $128 a barrel Friday after the government said it would halt deliveries to the strategic oil reserves. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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Oil executives face House lawmakers The debate over who is to blame for high gas prices continued on Capitol Hill Thursday as executives from the nation's largest oil companies returned to face more questions from House lawmakers. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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House panel explores net neutrality antitrust law The U.S. Congress may need to amend antitrust law to keep broadband providers from interfering with Internet traffic, the chairman of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee said Tuesday.Lawmakers may c Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Oil ends above $126 on increased price forecast - MarketWatch Financial PostOil ends above $126 on increased price forecastMarketWatch - 1 hour agoBy Myra P. Saefong & Polya Lesova, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures closed above $126 a barrel Friday, below the day's record peak, but enough to score a mo Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Oil price drop biggest in 17 years Oil prices plummeted by the second-largest margin on record Tuesday as investors feared a further decline in U.S. demand after hearing comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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McClellan Blasts Bush White House According to Politico, former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan "writes in a surprisingly scathing memoir to be published next week that President Bush 'veered terribly off course,' was not 'open and forthright on Iraq,' and took a 'permanent campaign approach' to governing at the expe Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Bloomberg Doesn’t Reveal White House Plans … Yet - FOX News Boston GlobeBloomberg Doesn’t Reveal White House Plans … YetFOX News - 3 hours agoby FOXNews.com Michael Bloomberg on Monday spoke like he has no plans to enter the 2008 presidential race but actions speak louder than words when considering whether the New Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |