Seven Trends to Kickstart a Major World Conflict Written By: Eben Esterhuizen 2008-08-14 02:58:24 Photo: Dawn Endico, Creative Commons, Flickr
Apologies for the sensational headline. To put it more academically, following are seven issues that might significantly negatively affect the global political economy:
We also discovered a culture of abuse and promiscuity in the RIK program. Several staff admitted to illegal drug use as well as illicit sexual encounters. Alcohol abuse appears to have been a problem when RIK staff socialized with industry. Sexual relationships with prohibited sources cannot, by definition, be arms-length.
Summer Driving Season Kickoff Video Written By: David Neubert 2008-05-25 00:00:00 Okay so I wrote about my actions at the 2008 Chevron shareholder meeting. Now for a little levity about gas prices on the first weekend of the summer driving season.
Disclosure: My car is sitting in a garage in Massachusetts. I haven't used it in more than a month. Thanks to Miranda Marquit's blog at AllBusiness.com for alerting me to the video.
Tesoro (TSO) Fights California Ethanol Mandate Written By: Miranda Marquit 2008-10-06 11:17:12 Back in August, California's Air Resources Board passed a mandate requiring that Photo: arbyreed, Creative Commons, Flickr
ethanol blend in gasoline be upped to 10 percent (from 5.7 percent). Oil refineries in California have until 2009 to carry out the changes that would bring companies in compliance with the mandate. Tesoro (TSO), however, is fighting back.
