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Coal Gen and EPA Power Struggle: Consumers to Foot The Electric Bills?
Submitted by EconMatters on 06/24/2011 19:59 -0500American Electric Power (AEP) sent shock wave last week by suggesting consumers could see their electricity bills jump an estimated 40-60% in the next few years due to new air regulations by the EPA.
Flash Crash Takes a Bite of Natural Gas
Submitted by EconMatters on 06/11/2011 23:35 -0500Fat Finger...again?
A Not-So-Marginal Risk in Silver
Submitted by EconMatters on 06/08/2011 18:25 -0500Our research analyst was interviewed by Carolyn Cui from Wall Street Journal regarding why we believe CME should have raised margins on silver earlier and had missed the best opportunity to do so.
LNG Export: A U.S. Natural Gas Game Changer?
Submitted by EconMatters on 06/05/2011 14:11 -0500Despite a well-supplied market, Henry Hub spiked to a 10-month high partly on the prospect of increasing LNG trade and export after the U.S. Energy Department authorized Cheniere Energy (Amex: LNG) to export LNG from its Sabine Pass terminal. But not everyone is sold on LNG exports yet.
Skype and Microsoft: Mirage or Dynamo Duo?
Submitted by EconMatters on 06/03/2011 18:28 -0500Will the biggest acquisition in its 36-year history give Microsoft a leg up on Google and Apple?
Fadel Gheit Throws Wall Street's Big Banks Under The Oil Speculating Bus
Submitted by EconMatters on 05/28/2011 13:33 -0500Public Relation people at Goldman Sachs can not be too happy about this, but we just can't resist the party that Fadel Gheit started earlier this week.
