<![CDATA[Anchorage Daily News -- Money]]> http://www.adn.com/171/index.xml Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, AK en-us Copyright 2012 Anchorage Daily News Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:52:57 AKST online@adn.com (Online Staff) MI RSS Burninator 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 171 60 <![CDATA[Environmental, Native groups challenge Shell Arctic air permit]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2330982/environmental-native-groups-challenge.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2330982/environmental-native-groups-challenge.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:32:35 AKST Environmental and Alaska Native groups will try to keep Shell Oil from drilling in Arctic waters off Alaska this summer by appealing an air quality permit granted by the Environmental…

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]]> <![CDATA[Stevens says Senate behind timetable on oil taxes]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2331802/stevens-says-senate-behind-timetable.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2331802/stevens-says-senate-behind-timetable.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:27:22 AKST Senate President Gary Stevens said the Senate is behind where he hoped it would be in advancing an oil tax bill.

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]]> <![CDATA[Wednesday's oil, gas, gold, zinc prices]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2331347/todays-oil-gas-gold-zinc-prices.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2331347/todays-oil-gas-gold-zinc-prices.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:30:07 AKST North Slope oil: $124.43 per barrel, up $0.09…

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]]> <![CDATA[Canada revs up for fight over second tar sands pipeline]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2330966/canada-revs-up-for-fight-over.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/22/2330966/canada-revs-up-for-fight-over.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:31:27 AKST The prime minister is talking about being "held hostage" by U.S. interests. Radio ads blare, "Stand up to this foreign bully." Canada's push for a pipeline to carry oil from…

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]]> <![CDATA[In absence of demand, rise in oil prices points to speculation]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2330071/oil-price-rises-as-demand-declines.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2330071/oil-price-rises-as-demand-declines.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:45:13 AKST U.S. demand for oil and refined products -- including gasoline -- is down sharply from last year, so much that United States has actually become a net exporter of gasoline,

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]]> <![CDATA[Tuesday's oil, gas, gold, zinc prices]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329317/todays-oil-gas-gold-zinc-prices.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2329317/todays-oil-gas-gold-zinc-prices.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:57:46 AKST North Slope oil: $124.34 per barrel, up $2.60…

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]]> <![CDATA[Greece secures European bailout to avoid debt default]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2328660/greece-secures-euopean-bailout.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/21/2328660/greece-secures-euopean-bailout.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:42:21 AKST The countries that use the euro pulled Greece back from an imminent and potentially catastrophic default today when they finally stitched together a $170 billion rescue they hope will also…

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]]> <![CDATA[Blown-out well proving difficult for crews to get under control]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327737/blown-out-well-proving-difficult.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327737/blown-out-well-proving-difficult.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 05:25:24 AKST Shutting down the drilling rig involved in last week's North Slope well blowout has proven difficult. The rig and its load of drilling mud are frozen solid. Control efforts will…

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]]> <![CDATA[Anchorage gas prices up 26 cents in past year]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327306/anchorage-gas-prices-up-26-cents.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/20/2327306/anchorage-gas-prices-up-26-cents.html Mon, 20 Feb 2012 11:25:58 AKST GasBuddy.com, a website that tracks retail gasoline prices around the country, says average retail gas prices increased 5.2 cents in Anchorage over the past week that ended Saturday, when the…

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]]> <![CDATA[Employee fears working late in isolated work site]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326555/employee-fears-working-late-in.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326555/employee-fears-working-late-in.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:21:45 AKST I manage the office for a construction services firm. The job site is isolated, and the company's owner spends the winter in Arizona. I'm afraid to work late in the…

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]]> <![CDATA[Crews preparing to clean up after Slope well blowout]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326563/crews-preparing-to-clean-up-after.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326563/crews-preparing-to-clean-up-after.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:34:15 AKST Alaska environmental regulators say cleanup preparations continue at the site of an exploratory well blowout on Alaska's North Slope.

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]]> <![CDATA[BP uncertain when it can bring refinery back on line]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326562/bp-uncertain-when-it-can-bring.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326562/bp-uncertain-when-it-can-bring.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:32:44 AKST BP says it's working to meet customer demand as its Cherry Point refinery in Washington state remains idle following a fire.

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]]> <![CDATA[Alaska brewery to begin selling product in Texas]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326559/alaska-brewery-to-begin-selling.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326559/alaska-brewery-to-begin-selling.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:27:58 AKST A Southeast Alaska brewery says it will soon be offering its beers in Texas.

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]]> <![CDATA[Conventions and conferences]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326552/conventions-and-conferences.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326552/conventions-and-conferences.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:20:16 AKST Area events…

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]]> <![CDATA[Business meetings, seminars, events]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326553/business-meetings-seminars-events.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/19/2326553/business-meetings-seminars-events.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:19:55 AKST Business related events scheduled around Alaska…

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]]> <![CDATA[Federal budget mixed bag for commercial fisheries]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325322/federal-budget-mixed-bag-for-commercial.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325322/federal-budget-mixed-bag-for-commercial.html Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:59:04 AKST The federal budget provides a mixed bag for commercial fisheries in the coming fiscal year. Based on the preliminary budget released last week, funds for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

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]]> <![CDATA[You might get a good deal on a house just now]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325317/you-might-get-a-good-deal-on-a.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325317/you-might-get-a-good-deal-on-a.html Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:57:49 AKST This could be the moment! As events continue to move the national real estate market, now may be the time to take advantage of low home prices before the momentum…

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]]> <![CDATA[City fund to invest in business startups and expansions]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325344/city-fund-to-invest-in-business.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325344/city-fund-to-invest-in-business.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:09:51 AKST Anchorage city government is creating a fund that will invest in private businesses -- specifically, local start-ups and existing operations that are expanding.

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]]> <![CDATA[Washington state investigates cause of BP refinery blaze]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325343/washington-state-investigates.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325343/washington-state-investigates.html Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:15:38 AKST State safety inspectors are investigating the cause of a dramatic blaze at Washington's largest oil refinery Friday near Blaine, as BP launched its own review into why it happened.

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]]> <![CDATA[Natural gas could help Fairbanks according to study]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325019/natural-gas-could-help-fairbanks.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325019/natural-gas-could-help-fairbanks.html Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:04:32 AKST Building a natural gas distribution network in the Fairbanks area would save residents money on their heating bills and improve air quality in Alaska's second largest city, according to a…

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]]> <![CDATA[New shale player Royale hopes to drill up to 6 Slope wells]]> http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325011/new-shale-player-royale-hopes.html#storylink=rss http://www.adn.com/2012/02/18/2325011/new-shale-player-royale-hopes.html Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:18:24 AKST Grab a drilling rig while you can -- or order one built -- because the second new player to target oil in North Slope source rocks plans to drill as…

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