The Producer Price Index, or wholesale prices, rose at a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.4 percent in January, mainly due to a rise in energy costs, pharmaceutical costs and light trucks, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Articles tagged with: Energy
Written By: Jeniece Pettitt on February 18, 2010
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Written By: hannahkokjohn on May 12, 2009
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Online gaming through open source software like Shaspa is designed to allow players to monitor their energy use through a virtual world. (shaspa.com)
BY HANNAH KOKJOHN – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Starting this week, the traditionally geeky realm of online gaming and virtual simulations are colliding with the trendy world of energy saving.
Jumping on [...]
Written By: hannahkokjohn on April 14, 2009
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Retail companies using energy-efficient practices, such as monitoring building temperatures, can reduce costs. (Bright_Star/FLICKR)
BY HANNAH KOKJOHN – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Just as the U.S. Census Bureau released its unexpectedly dismal March report of a 1.1 percent drop in U.S. food and retail service sales, Prenova Inc., an Atlanta-based energy management company, twisted the [...]
Written By: Tian Huang on February 18, 2009
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Phil Flynn talks to Advanced Econ Reporting students. Tian Huang/Medill
BY TIAN HUANG - MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
During our final trip to CME Group this quarter, we had the opportunity to speak to Phil Flynn, an energy analyst at Alaron Trading Corp. Phil was on the floor talking about oil inventories on Fox [...]
Written By: karenleigh on February 11, 2009
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BY KAREN LEIGH - MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Energy-saving initiatives and President Obama’s plan to create green jobs were talking points of the ’08 campaign. But what about the regulation of energy policies already in place?
Seeking Alpha calls attention to the fact that the original energy utility model was designed 75 years ago [...]
Written By: bmiraski on August 12, 2008
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BY BENJAMIN MIRASKI, MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
From April to June, I was part of a group that tracked LDK Solar’s stock price [[LDK]] and the reasons for its movements. It wasn’t hard to see why LDK was flying during that time.
Oil prices were on a tear from [...]
Written By: marjorie on August 7, 2008
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BY MARJORIE KORN, MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency denied a waiver request made by the State of Texas to reduce by half the amount of ethanol blending mandated in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) on Thursday. Thus the currently mandated 9 billion gallons [...]
Written By: Sara E. Sargent on August 7, 2008
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By SARA SARGENT – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Oh. Presidential candidates offering their solutions to our nation’s energy crisis? Loves it!
One big question on everyone’s mind is, come November, will Americans end up throwing their support at Sen. John McCain’s Lexington Project or Sen. Barack Obama’s New Energy [...]
Written By: marjorie on July 16, 2008
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By MARJORIE KORN – MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
Wall Street groans when Congress gets involved in its day-to-day activities, but Main Street is applauding S. 3268, the Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act of 2008, introduced by Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada.
The bill seeks to reduce the amount [...]
Written By: Sara E. Sargent on July 15, 2008
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By SARA E. SARGENT-MEDILL NEWS SERVICE
It might seem like a major blow, but General Motor Corp.’s announcement today that it’s selling assets and cutting costs is only the latest chapter in the story of America’s car industry woes.
But while things look bad [...]
