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Analysis: Falling prices to kill off half of Chinese LED chipmakers
An employee of Samsung Electronics walks past one of its 3D LED televisions displayed for visitors at the company's headquarters in Seoul April 30, 2010.
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NY comptroller pushes transgender corporate rights
Texas-based oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. stockholders will vote Wednesday on a proposed company policy to ban discrimination against gay or transgender workers, a shareholder resolution pushed by New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.
11 hrs ago | SFGate
Cuba waits anxiously for oil dreams to materialize
But the first attempt in nearly a decade to find Cuba's hoped-for undersea oil bonanza has come up dry, and the island's leaders and their partners must regroup and hope they have better luck - quickly.
14 hrs ago | Denver Post
Suncor spill clean-up months, years away
Six months after Suncor Energy's oil refinery contaminated Sand Creek and nearby property, obstacles remain in containing the pollution, and a full cleanup may be years away.
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Lawrence Hunter: High time to end corporate taxes
In the latest installment of the long-running serial "Super Rich Guy Calls for Higher Taxes," hedge fund billionaire Tom Steyer made a $20 million donation last week to an initiative to raise California's corporate tax rate.
Occidental Petroleum looks to drill for oil in Carson
Plenty of black gold is hidden in the sand and shale of the Dominguez Oil Field, Occidental Petroleum Corp.
Port authority provides more land to Chesapeake
The port authority board agreed at this week's meeting to lease an additional 44 acres to Chesapeake Exploration, a subsidiary of natural gas giant Chesapeake Energy, for $1,800 an acre and 15 percent royalties.
Oil Major BP Shelves Nabucco Project as Economically Unfeasible
Nabucco Gas Pipeline International GmbH has submitted a smaller version of the ambitious gas pipeline project.
The Environmental Protection Agency will resample four water wells in Dimock, Pennsylvania.
Broken Arrow Mom Found Guilty In Son's Death
A Tulsa County jury has reached a verdict in the case against a Broken Arrow mother accused of manslaughter in the death of her 9-year-old son.
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Barbara Graves, wife of prominent publisher, dies
Activist investor Carl Icahn is taking a stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp. and calling for at least four of company's directors to be replaced.
Icahn spends $785M on Chesapeake Energy stake
Activist investor Carl Icahn has taken a sizable stake in Chesapeake Energy Corp.
Weekly US oil, gas rig count down by 3 to 1,983
The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. is down three this week to 1,983. Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc.
Pa. lawmakers call for aging gas line replacement
Two Pennsylvania lawmakers are asking the Public Utility Commission to order a gas utility to speed replacement of aging cast-iron lines blamed for a massive explosion that killed five people last year.
To Tap Arctic Oil, Russia Partners With Exxon Mobil
A Rosneft flag flies over the Russian oil giant's refinery near the city of Samara.
Repsol-led group makes big oil, gas find off coast of Brazil
Spanish oil firm Repsol confirmed a large oil and gas find off Brazil on Thursday in a discovery that is likely to attract more explorers to one of the world's hottest regions for oil and gas drilling.
Police make arrest in cold case murder
San Antonio police have made an arrest in connection with a cold case murder, a shooting that happened at Northwest Side gas station more than a decade ago.
Approaching full occupancy, Koch Industries studies Wichita expansion options
One Koch Industries building project is already complete, and another is in the pipeline, but even after that, the company's Wichita headquarters will be near capacity, says Melissa Cohlmia , a spokeswoman for Koch.
Cops: Son injured during dad's samurai sword fight
Syria's main opposition council has accepted the resignation of its Paris-based president who had earlier offered to step down amid mounting criticism of his leadership.
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