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Oil Punt Makes Big Bucks But Coastlines at Risk
Business  (tags: Big Oil, ethics, business, environment, money, news )

Cal
- 192 days ago - reuters.com
Big international oil companies are making hundreds of millions of dollars storing crude on tankers offshore in a trading play that environmentalists say sidesteps shipping rules and puts coastlines at risk.
3 comments
After Taking Credit For Bailout Bill, Is McCain Campaign Willing To Share Responsibility For Its Failure?
Business  (tags: John McCain, George Bush, Bernanke, Paulson, Neocons, Republicans, PNAC, illegal wars, bank failures, mortgage crisis, BIG OIL, gas prices, food prices, corruption, coverup, Cmapaign 2008 )

Blue
- 405 days ago - thinkprogress.org
If the McCain campaign was willing to take credit for the success of the bill, does McCain also deserve credit for its failure?
3 comments
The Monster That Ate Wall Street
Business  (tags: Bush, Bernanke, Paulson, McCain, Gramm. Republicans, Neocons, PNAC, bank failures, mortgage crisis, credit crisis, gas prices, BIG OIL, illegal wars, fiscal irresponsibility, coverup, corruption, campaign 2008 )

Blue
- 407 days ago - newsweek.com
How 'credit default swaps'--an insurance against bad loans--turned from a smart bet into a killer. Interactive Graphic: Major Players in Economic Crisis
8 comments
Stopping a Financial Crisis, the Swedish Way
Business  (tags: Bush, Republicans, bank failures, mortgage crisis, gas prices, BIG OIL, corruption, coverup, investments, Sweden, Campaign 2008 )

Blue
- 408 days ago - nytimes.com
When they faced a financial crisis similar to the United States' in the early 1990s, Sweden took equity in the banks to protect taxpayers.
8 comments
Make the Banks Pay the Government Back or Foreclose on Them
Business  (tags: Banks, Economy, Financial Crisis, Loans, Paulson, Troubled Assets, Wall St. Crisis, Wall Street, Republicans, Neocons, PNAC, illegal wars, bank failures, gas prices, mortgage crisis, BIG OIL, BIG PHARMA, corruption, lies, Business News )

Blue
- 411 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
If the problem, as "Hank" Paulson repeated Sunday, is that there was no way to value the "troubled" assets, the price is obviously going to be arbitrary. So, why don't we consider it a loan? Banks wouldn't give YOU an extra day/week/month to pay bills...
11 comments
Who Should Pay for the Bailout?
Business  (tags: George Bush, Hank Paulson, Bernanke, Greenspan, Gramm, McCain, Republicans, bank failures, mortgage crisis, credit crisis, gas prices, BIG OIL, BIG PHARMA, markets, investments, hedge funds, Cmapaign 2008 )

Blue
- 412 days ago - economistsview.typepad.com
Luigi Zingales' reaction to the financial market bailout plan, "Why Paulson is Wrong," has been getting a lot of attention...
14 comments
Iraq Cancels Six No-Bid Oil Contracts
Business  (tags: Iraq, Iraq Oil, Iraq Oil Contracts, Oil Contracts, Bush, Cheney, BIG OIL, Campaign 2008, John McCain, Warwire, Politics News )

Blue
- 420 days ago - nytimes.com
al-Shahristani, saidhat talks with Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, Total, BP and several smaller companies for one-year deals, which were announced in June and subsequently delayed, had dragged on for so long that the companies could not now fulfill the work
3 comments
Will The "Drill, Baby, Drill" Temper Tantrum Shut Down Our Government?
Business  (tags: Republicans, John McCain, Sarach Palin, Conservatives, BIG OIL, lobbyists, corruption, coverup, Campaign 2008 )

Blue
- 425 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Because conservative leaders are so deep in the pocket of Big Oil, they are vehemently against any compromise that doesn't give them everything they want.
6 comments
Oil Industry Floods McCain With Cash After Offshore Drilling Reversal (FLIP FLOP )
Business  (tags: 2008 Presidential Race, Big Oil, Campaign Contributions, Campaign Money Watch, Corruption, John McCain, Big Oil, Bush, Republicans, Mccain, Public Campaign Action Fund, Texas, Politics News )

Blue
- 469 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Campaign contributions from oil industry executives to Sen. John McCain rose dramatically in the last half of June, after the senator from Arizona made a high-profile split with environmentalists and reversed his opposition to the ban on offshore drilling
9 comments
Senate Republicans Block Oil Speculation Bill
Business  (tags: Big Oil, oil companies, U.S. Senate, Republicans, offshore drilling, obstructionists )

Blue
- 469 days ago - tpzoo.wordpress.com
Today, Senate Republicans blocked a vote on legislation to rein in speculation in the oil markets. Instead, they are calling for votes to expand oil drilling at home as well as expansion of nuclear energy. Let's THROW THEM ALL OUT OF CONGRE$$ ...
6 comments
How Much Oil Is There Really?
Business  (tags: Big Oil, money, economy, energy )

Brian
- 496 days ago - articles.moneycentral.msn.com
What is the "right" price for a barrel of oil? Japan's oil minister has said, based on fundamentals, that the price of crude should be $60 a barrel, not the $130 to $140 we see today.
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