2015年5月1日 星期五

2015-05-02 U.S. Business


Quartz
   
AGL Takes on Tesla in Australia With 6kWh Home Battery   
Bloomberg
AGL Energy Ltd., Australia's biggest power producer, said it would debut a 6 kilowatt-hour home storage battery, challenging Tesla Motors Inc. which announced 7- and 10-kWh models Friday. AGL's suitcase-sized battery will use lithium-ion cells and come ...

Tesla's Powerwall: 12 important facts to know   OCRegister
Tesla Launches Tesla Energy: Here's The Company's Plan To Power Homes ...   Tech Times
Will Tesla's Newest Battery Pan Out?   Wall Street Journal
MyFox Austin   
Tribune-Review   
MarketWatch   
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USA TODAY
   
Buffett's Berkshire delivers 9.8% profit growth   
USA TODAY
Warren Buffett's diversified investment firm late Friday reported 9.8% first-quarter profit growth — a boost of confidence going into the company's weekend festivities and a much-needed bright spot for what's been a challenging earnings season for other ...

Berkshire Hathaway's Net Profit Rises 10%   Wall Street Journal
Berkshire Hathaway weekend kicks off with shopping   KETV Omaha
Borsheims Hosts Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders Cocktail Party   WOWT
Reuters   
Scottsbluff Star Herald   
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Chicago Tribune
   
Feds unveil rules for safer railroad tank cars, better braking system   
Chicago Tribune
Michael Engle stands across the street from his home as fuel tank cars thunder past him in the 107th block of South Rockwell Street in Chicago on May 1, 2015. Engle said he said he can feel the vibrations in his house as the trains pass daily. Michael Engle ...

Transportation Dept. gets strict on rules for trains carrying flammable oil   Washington Post
Canada to 'meet or exceed' US rules on shipment of oil by rail   The Globe and Mail
New oil train speed limits unlikely to stop explosive crashes   Reuters
Sacramento Bee   
Salt Lake Tribune   
STLtoday.com   
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Miami Herald
   
Venezuela raises minimum wage 30 pct amid raging inflation   
Miami Herald
President Nicolas Maduro raised Venezuela's minimum wage Friday to help workers being battered by the world's highest inflation. Speaking at a May Day rally, the socialist leader said he is boosting the minimum wage and pensions for retirees by 30 ...

Venezuelan President: Workers Can Now Take over Economic Policy   teleSUR English

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The Express Tribune
   
Oil Prices: What's Behind the Drop? Simple Economics   
New York Times
As the price of crude oil fluctuates, why some countries are faring much better than others. Credit Video by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters on Publish Date January 27, 2015. email; Share; Tweet; save; more. The oil industry, with its history of booms and busts, ...

US shale firms revive hedging as oil rebounds, may vex Opec   DAWN.com
Oil off 2015 highs on record Iraq exports, strong dollar   Reuters
Oil prices lower after rally   The Nation
Nasdaq   
MarketWatch   
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Miami Herald
   
Drought forces California farms to stop pumping river water   
Sacramento Bee
For a second consecutive week, thousands of California farms have been ordered to stop pumping river water to irrigate their crops as the state grapples with its fourth year of drought, officials said Friday. More than 2,700 water-rights holders — mostly farms ...

Starbucks Under Fire For Drawing Bottled Water Supply From Drought-Stricken ...   CBS Local
California farms ordered to stop pumping water from rivers as drought continues   Contra Costa Times
Farms ordered to stop pumping water from rivers   KCRA Sacramento
MyWebTimes.com   
News10.net   
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
   
Comcast must show what's next after collapse of deal   
Sunbury Daily Item
NEW YORK (AP) — Comcast, which reports financial results on Monday, faces some tough questions about what's next for the country's biggest cable company after its dreams of a far-reaching network collapsed with the death of its $45 billion Time Warner ...

Comcast Earnings — What to Watch   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Report: Comcast plans YouTube-like online video service   Ars Technica

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TODAYonline
   
Chevron earnings plunge, but $2.6 billion profit tops predictions   
Santa Cruz Sentinel
SAN RAMON >> Chevron profit plunged in its first quarter, undermined primarily by low prices for crude oil, and the energy giant warned of higher costs such as rising gasoline prices associated with the statewide provisions of greenhouse gas reduction ...

Chevron's Results Beat Expectations   Wall Street Journal
Chevron's Aggressive Pursuit of Cost Reductions Captures $900M in 1Q Savings   Natural Gas Intelligence
Chevron reports 43 pct drop in net income   Fox News Latino
Reuters   
Watch List News   
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seattlepi.com
   
Boeing finds alarming software glitch in 787   
seattlepi.com
A software glitch that could cause Boeing 787s to lose power mid-flight was reported Friday by the Federal Aviation Administration. The problem occurs only when the airplane has been connected to power continuously for 248 days. While that sounds like an ...

To keep a Boeing Dreamliner flying, reboot once every 248 days   Engadget
Dreamliner's power problem likely no problem for Boeing   Charleston Post Courier
FAA warns of Boeing 787 glitch that could cause 'loss of control of the airplane'   Mashable
The Verge   
Ubergizmo (blog)   
Live 5 News   
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IBNLive
   
LinkedIn loses $6 billion market value   
IBNLive
Shares of LinkedIn Corp, operator of the most popular social network for professionals, fell 20 per cent in early trading on Friday, wiping out more than $6 billion of market value, after the company slashed its full-year forecast. LinkedIn reported on Thursday its ...

7 charts show investors' antisocial behavior   MarketWatch
A Kink in LinkedIn's Chain   Wall Street Journal
Analysts defend LinkedIn amid plunge, argue non-ad issues are temporary   Seeking Alpha
CBS Local   
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