Loren C. Steffy's Blog, page 28
December 19, 2012
Investors grow wary of gun makers after shooting
Rather than avoid the national debate on guns, Cerberus Capital's decision may have intensified it.
December 17, 2012
`Game of Real Life’ is more than just play for teens
Sunday’s column, available on houstonchronicle.com: When Lorraine Decker says she hopes to step up her game, she means it both literally and figuratively. Since 2007, Decker has been trying to even the financial odds for Houston-area high school kids. Her nonprofit Skills 4 Living works with low-income teens to promote financial education by teaching them Read More
December 14, 2012
Telling truth may land BP employee in jail
Mix's attorneys have asked that the government's claims against BP be entered as evidence for Mix's defense in his own case, essentially trying to use the government's own arguments to prove Mix's innocence.
December 12, 2012
Don’t get too excited about gas below $3
While the weak economy has kept U.S. energy demand in check, prices have increased because if oil companies can't sell refined products such as gasoline here, they can find ready buyers overseas.
December 10, 2012
What has electric deregulation cost you?
Texans have paid an extra $10.4 billion in electricity prices that exceeded the national average during the decade of deregulation.
Why we blame invesment fraud victims for their plight
Few crimes seem to invoke less sympathy for victims, but investment frauds work not because victims are greedy or stupid, but because the frauds are designed to deceive.
December 7, 2012
Dearth of data leaves Gulf safety record in the dark (Updated)
Searching for details of U.S. offshore safety incidents is more challenging that searching for drops of oil in the vast ocean. They aren't readily available.
Dearth of data leaves Gulf safety record in the dark
Searching for details of U.S. offshore safety incidents is more challenging that searching for drops of oil in the vast ocean. They aren't readily available.
December 5, 2012
Valet creep extends to air travel
It's a parking fee in disguised as convenience. And the creeping occurrences of overwrought valetism seem to be growing.
Tools without sparks could save lives offshore
It would be easy to blame accidents like the recent one on a Black Elk Energy platform on workers, but it also raises questions of whether, with the advance of technology, there's a better way to reduce the risk of such fatal accidents.
