Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. Disney’s latest Florida attraction: Affordable housing As Orlando rents skyrocket, Disney will hire a developer to build around 1,300 housing units on Walt Disney World’s property. Read More Oil companies say they’re not …
We’re facing an energy crisis. Demand for oil and gas is increasing, outpacing supply. That, among other factors, has contributed to a sharp increase in prices and has helped create a growing market for alternative-energy sources. A promising alternative is …
Oil prices declined Thursday, as traders absorbed reports that the U.S. is planning a hefty release of crude reserves, while the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies stuck with a previously agreed plan to raise output in …
“‘It’s a trillion-dollar question. If I knew how to sell [this] effectively to politicians, I would have done it by now.’” Saule Omarova, President Joe Biden’s onetime controversial pick to run a major watchdog of the banking system, is no …
Warren Buffett picked the industry he arguably knows best, insurance, for his first major deal in two years. Berkshire Hathaway BRK.B, -0.74% BRK.A, -1.05% struck an $11.6 billion, all-cash deal to buy property-and-casualty reinsurance company Alleghany Corp. Y, -0.08%, the …
Should Amazon.com and Walmart be forced to tell investors how much pollution all their suppliers send into the atmosphere? Should ExxonMobil be responsible in accounting for the emissions that auto drivers rack up? The Securities and Exchange Commission has said …
Russian forces this month attacked the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, damaging several facilities in the process. The Ukrainian State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate warned that “the loss of the possibility to cool …
Southwest Gas Holdings Inc. said it would evaluate Carl Icahn’s tender offer for the Nevada utility, which was increased to $82.50 a share from $75. Southwest SWX, +6.64% advised shareholders to take no action at this time, and repeated criticism …
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a federal plan that would further restrict emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that force downwind areas to deal with pollution out of their control. The “good neighbor” expansion to the 2015 …
Americans are facing a new record-high national average gas price — the average price has surpassed July 2008 highs — as Russia’s war on Ukraine continued to rage and roil commodity markets in America. Over the weekend, the national average …
U.S. stock-index futures tumbled late Thursday after reports that Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, in Ukraine, was set on fire after Russian shelling, raising fears of an unprecedented nuclear disaster. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.31% plunged about 500 …
Most major corporations tell customers and shareholders they’re on the road to zero emissions in the coming years and decades, doing their part to slow global warming. But not very many have shown convincing evidence to date. Too many still …
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