Loren C. Steffy's Blog, page 24
January 28, 2013
What I’m reading with my morning coffee | 1.28.13
Billions in gas drilling royalties transform lives. The other side of the fracking debate: tangible economic benefits for landowners. Shale gas boom now visible from space. The light of a thousand flares… The key to oil: location, location, location. The price of oil is now based on geography as production overwhelms infrastructure. Energy companies pursue justice Read More
January 25, 2013
`Thunder on the Mountain:’ Friday Bookshelf
The book is an expose of corporate greed that manifests itself in an unabashed disregard for safety and human life.
Another danger stalks federal spending
Today’s column, available on houstonchronicle.com: They lurk behind the congressional discussions of fiscal policy, from this week’s debt ceiling vote to the fiscal cliff fiasco earlier this month, yet lawmakers rarely speak of them. They are the danger stalking Congress these days, the hidden quagmire of fiscal policy: interest rates. The danger – and the Read More
January 24, 2013
Exxon could unseat Apple as most valued company
Of greater concern to Apple investors than having Exxon reclaim the most valuable company status is what Wednesday's financial results mean for Apple in the post-Steve Jobs era.
January 23, 2013
It’s Kick-the-Can-Down-the-Road Day in DC
If you happen to see a can in the road today, give it a good kick. It's what your elected representatives will be doing.
Is competition an old solution to natural gas dispute?
In the early part of the last century, Houston was one of the few major U.S. cities that had more than one gas company.
January 22, 2013
Did Southwest just add first class seating?
What next? Hot towels and a fancy China bowl full of peanuts before takeoff?
January 21, 2013
What I’m reading with my morning coffee | 1.21.13
Dell leveraged buyout my hind on cash hoard outside the U.S. A tax dodge becomes a convenient financing tool. Dow Chemical cuts trade group ties over LNG export policy. The fear: exports will lead to higher manufacturing costs. How gun maker Smith & Wesson almost went out of business when it accepted gun control. Branded Read More
Rig survivor wants court date before BP deal approved
Buddy Trahan, a Transocean manager and the most seriously injured survivor of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, remains in legal limbo.
January 18, 2013
The perils and profit of `Private Empire:’ Friday Bookshelf
As you might expect from Coll, the book is thoroughly researched, and it spans the changes within Exxon from the Valdez spill to the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
