Houston Chronicle: Congress enlisted oil companies to help develop an underground carbon storage system to aid in the fight against climate change. Oil producers for decades had pumped carbon dioxide underground to increase output, steadily MORE
New York (CNN Business)The US Securities and Exchange Commission has paid out its largest-ever whistleblower award — nearly $50 million. The whistleblower tipped off the agency to a currency manipulation scheme at a massive bank, resulting in MORE
***It’s not ‘shoshilism’ when Republicans do it. On Friday, the USDA approved $1.2 billion in contracts for Farmers to Families Food Box, which seeks to move surplus food out of the market and into food banks. “The MORE
Amazon VP Quits, Destroys Company for ‘Chickensh*t’ Firing of Whistleblowers in Scorched Earth Letter Amazon VP Quits, Destroys Company for ‘Chickensh*t’ Firing of Whistleblowers in Scorched Earth Letter Source: An Amazon engineer and vice president MORE
WY has produced more coal than any other state in the country since 1986,… But it’s no secret that the coal industry was already sinking, showing symptoms of structural decline. Utilities have shied away from MORE
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices plunged below zero on Monday as demand for energy collapses amid the coronavirus pandemic and traders don’t want to get stuck owning crude with nowhere to store it. Stocks MORE
Ford, General Motors, and Fiat Chrysler Automotive have given in to UAW demands to close all plants as a precaution against the Coronavirus. Ford Motor Company says after Thursdays shifts, all plants will temporarily close MORE
Wall Street does not like the Coronavirus. Despite all government intervention and reassurances, Wall Street looks to a recession as most all of the gains since Trump was elected have vanished. All major U.S. indices MORE
In a banking scheme very similar to the Wells Fargo scandal, Fifth Third, a large regional bank in Ohio is accused by the CFPB of opening fraudulent accounts to drive stock price For more than MORE
On the surface it seems an odd partnership: a prominent member of a secretive Utah polygamist sect and the Armenian immigrant owner of a prosperous chain of Southern California truck stops. But testimony in the MORE
Yet he’s not charged with any criminal violations… Source: The U.S. government announced Thursday that former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf has been banned from ever working at a bank again and will pay $17.5 million for scandals in MORE
CNN: Some people are receiving text messages, disguised as a FedEx notification, that show a supposed tracking code and link to “set delivery preferences.” FedEx Takes Unprecedented Step To Warn Customers On Twitter About MORE
A new coalition of conservative groups launched Wednesday to sink a bipartisan proposal in Congress to end the “surprise” medical bills some patients get. The “Coalition Against Rate-Setting” will air ads against the proposal, which would ban providers MORE
Schlumberger lays off 1,400 amid surgical cuts to restore profitability in U.S. shale Source: Schlumberger, the largest oil field services company, said Friday it lost $10.1 billion in 2019, laid off 1,400 workers in the MORE
Labor Department replaces Obama-era ‘joint employer’ standard Source: WASHINGTON — The Labor Department issued a final rule Sunday that clarifies when a worker is employed by more than one company, an issue that affects franchise MORE