10 homes damaged in blast at nearby Utah refinery (AP)
An explosion at a Utah oil refinery -- the second this year -- smashed windows, bent garage doors and peeled siding Wednesday from 10 nearby houses, officials said. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Concho Resources Inc. Announces Participation in Upcoming Conferences (Business Wire)
MIDLAND, Texas----Concho Resources Inc. today announced its participation in the following conferences: the JPMorgan SMid Cap Conference on Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 10:15 am ET and the Capital One Southcoast Energy Conference on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 1:20 pm CT. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Report: 6.3M Texans will travel for the holidays
About 6.3 million Texans are expected to travel this holiday season, according to AAA Texas. This represents an 8-percent increase over the 2008 holiday season. bizjournals.com |
Yahoo, HP, Power Assure win energy grants
Yahoo Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Power Assure Inc. won grants Wednesday that are part of $47 million in Department of Energy stimulus spending on 14 energy-efficiency projects across the country. (YHOO) (HPQ) bizjournals.com |
CSX earnings down 16% in 2009
CSX Corp.’s CEO and President, Michael Ward, said the company expects to see a gradual improvement in the coming year after reporting a 23 percent increase in net earnings in the fourth quarter compared with a year earlier, but an overall net earnings decrease of 16 percent for 2009. (CSX) bizjournals.com |