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Europe: +44 (0) 207 198 1634 A new study by Deloitte found that 55 percent of businesses say they now generate at least some portion of their electricity supply onsite — a big jump from last year. In 2014, 44 percent of businesses said they self-generate, and in 2013, 33 percent said they generated a portion of their electricity supply onsite. […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Meteor Watch Day. A meteor hit global equities yesterday like it is believed to have done to the earth 65 million years ago wiping out most of the dinosaurs. On the news over the weekend that there was no Greek deal and that Prime Minister Alexis […]
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency acted “unreasonably” when it failed to consider costs before deciding to regulate mercury and other toxic emissions from power plants under the Clean Air Act. The court’s 5-4 ruling did not void EPA’s authority to regulate the emissions but will require the agency to rewrite […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning happy National Waffle Iron Day. It was another wait and see day Friday with the major indexes closing pretty flat to Thursday. The Dow did manage a 57 point (0.32%) gain ending at 17,947 however the S&P 500 ended dead flat to Thursday at 2,102 and the Nasdaq lost […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Chocolate Pudding Day. Equities began the day painting Wall Street a nice green but they ran out of green paint around 1 PM CDT and went to the hardware store for more but I surmise they are red/green color blind because when they returned they started […]
Expanded retail-level demand response programs will take effect as soon as July 1 in targeted areas of upstate New York under measures approved by the New York Public Service Commission on Wednesday (14-E-0423). The PSC ordered the five distribution utilities outside of New York City to offer dynamic load management to customers. Payments would […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Bomb Pop Day. Well a bomb went off on Wall Street yesterday sending the Dow down 179 points (0.98%) closing at 17,966, the S&P 500 fell 15 (0.72%) ending at 2,109 and the Nasdaq lost 38 (0.74%) finishing at 5,122. The selling began early but once […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Pralines Day. Stocks rallied nicely in Europe but it was a choppy session here in the U.S. with the major indexes inching higher. The Dow closed 24 points up at 18,144, the S&P 500 added a single digit ending at 2,124 and the Nasdaq climbed 6 […]
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, based on Lloyd’s List Intelligence, Global Trade Information Services, Eurostat, and trade press In early April this year, Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) reached a framework agreement to guide negotiations targeting a comprehensive agreement by June 30. The comprehensive agreement could […]
Equities and the Economy Good morning and happy National Pecan Sandies Day. It was an very good day on Wall Street yesterday and although the major indexes closed well off their highs I’ll take a day like yesterday all day every day. The Dow gained 104 points (0.58%) ending at 18,120, the S&P 500 climbed […]
