http://payday-nofax.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:32:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en China http://payday-nofax.com/blog/output-growth-may-slow-on-global-risks-china-bloomberg/ Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world http://payday-nofax.com/blog/saudi-aramco-raises-march-oil-price-differentials-to-europe-cuts-to-us-bloomberg/ The head of memory chip maker Micron long known for taking risks in stunt piloting died Friday when a small experimental plane he was piloting steeply banked, stalled and crashed near an Idaho runway. Steve Appleton, who survived a similar crash eight years ago and had a reputation as a ... http://payday-nofax.com/blog/ceo-of-chip-maker-micron-dies-in-plane-crash/ A marked deterioration in Royal Dutch Shell's refining operations contributed to a modest fall in fourth quarter profits at Europe's biggest oil company. Over the previous year, Shell said its net profit fell 4.3 percent to $6.50 billion. Though the company's production arm was helped by higher oil prices, its ... http://payday-nofax.com/blog/shell-profits-dented-by-refining-arm/ Soaring oil prices helped Exxon Mobil post a slightly higher fourth-quarter profit. But a slowdown in production and lower natural gas prices are worrying investors. Exxon's oil and natural gas production fell 9 percent during the quarter. The drop came even after the company spent a record $36.8 billion last ... http://payday-nofax.com/blog/higher-oil-prices-lift-exxons-4q-profit/ China (CNGDPYOY) signaled caution toward more monetary loosening by holding off on a reduction in bank reserve requirements that some economists had predicted would come before a week-long holiday ending Jan. 28. Barclays Capital Asia Ltd., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Industrial Bank Co. said this month that ... http://payday-nofax.com/blog/china-signals-limited-loosening-as-pboc-bucks-forecast-bloomberg/ A Michigan factory that made luxury yachts before the recession and diversified to add wind energy products when times got tough was touted by President Barack Obama at his State of the Union Address as an example of an industry creating forward-thinking jobs _ with a little help from the ... http://payday-nofax.com/blog/obama-looks-to-mich-to-revive-clean-energy-debate/ Herbert Greszuk was at the bar on the fifth deck of the Costa Concordia when the ill-fated luxury liner hit a reef. Unable to get back to his second-deck cabin after the emergency signal came, he made it to a lifeboat with only the clothes on his back _ leaving ... http://payday-nofax.com/blog/stricken-ship-passengers-ponder-compensation/ Asian stocks rose Wednesday as investors stayed calm in the face of a possible debt default by Greece to search for good deals in technology shares boosted by stunning results from Apple Inc. Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose 1 percent to 8,870.22. South Korea's Kospi gained 0.8 percent at 1,964.72 ... http://payday-nofax.com/blog/asia-stocks-rise-as-apple-result-lifts-tech-shares/ Spain http://payday-nofax.com/blog/spain-risks-deficit-spiral-as-election-postpones-budget-cuts-euro-credit-bloomberg/