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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy No Diet Day. It was a very lousy day on Wall Street with the S&P 500 suffering its biggest one day percentage decline in six weeks falling 25 points (1.2%) to 2,089. The Dow stunk it up too losing 142 points (0.8%) and once again below 18,000 […]
The U.S. Energy Information Administration‘s Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) is the only nationally representative source of statistical information on energy-related characteristics, consumption, and expenditures for the nation’s 5.6 million commercial buildings totaling 87 billion square feet of floor space. Building characteristics information from the 2012 survey is being released in stages through the […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Cinco de Mayo (cerveza fria, pour favor!). U.S. stocks finished modestly higher yesterday extending Friday’s gains albeit on less than normal volume. The Dow climbed 46 to 18,070, the S&P 500 closed up 6 at 2,114 and the Nasdaq finished at 12 at 5,017. The only piece […]
Two of New York’s ambitious energy initiatives have been delayed, pushing into June the deadline for more information about the state’s clean energy funds and REV proceeding. New York’s plan to modernize its electric grid aims to fundamentally transform the way electricity is used in the state by focusing on distributed assets, energy storage, demand […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Star Wars Day. U.S. stocks bounced back sharply with the Dow gaining 183 points (1.03%) closing back over 18,000 at 18,024, the S&P 500 up 22 points (1.08%) to 2,108 and the Nasdaq added 64 (1.29%) and once again over 5,000, albeit barely, to 5,005. We’ll […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to review the legality of an Obama administration regulation aimed at encouraging efficiency in the electricity market by having electrical grid operators pay users to reduce consumption at peak times. The court said it will hear an appeal filed by the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Tuba Day. It was a second consecutive bad day for stocks all around the world yesterday with the Dow falling 195 points (1.08%) and once again below 18,000 to 17,841. The S&P 500 lost 21 (0.99%) to 2,086 and the Nasdaq got pounded like Mayweather and […]
There are ‘physical limitations’ on how fast states can build new infrastructure, analysts say. For many observers, the saga over the EPA’s proposed Clean Power Plan is getting more and more like the first human trip to Mars: Nobody’s gone yet, but half the critics think it’s not worth going and the other half think they know […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Bugs Bunny Day. Well the market was asking “What’s up doc?” yesterday or more appropriately, what’s up with these markets with the Dow falling 74 points ending at 18,036, the S&P 500 closing down 8 at 2,107 and the Nasdaq off 31 to 5,024. Although the […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy Shrimp Scampi Day. In another choppy day U.S. stocks closed mixed with the Dow gaining 72 points and the S&P 500 climbing 6 to 2,11. It would have been a trifecta of green except the Nasdaq lost 5 to 5,055. Twitter was a big anchor on the […]
