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3:11 PM EST 11/3/2008
Big Thinkers Now Taking QuestionsReaders of BNET's Big Think -- our blog of business books and management ideas -- will have noticed some changes in recent days. In addition to providing insight into the best new business books, Michael Fitzgerald is delving into the minds of business thinkers and authors with his series "5 Questio...
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1:52 PM EST 12/5/2008
BNET Business Minute | Dress for Recession SuccessIn these tough recessionary times, it's more important than ever to make a positive impression, fast. But you don't need to spend a fortune at a bespoke tailor in order to do it. In this BNET Podcast, Sumi Das dispenses some quick tips for upgrading your look at work without spending a lot of time o...
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7:37 PM EST 12/10/2008
Energy Roundup: Exxon vs. Chavez, Makin' Bakken, Expensive Exploration, and MoreExxon vs. Chavez; round one to Exxon -- ExxonMobil has won the first round in what may be a long arbitration battle with Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez. In a ruling in a London court, ExxonMobile has won a court order to freeze assets belonging to Petroleos de Venezuela, Venezuela's state oil c...
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8:33 PM EST 12/8/2008
Energy Roundup: Alt Energy Pipedream, TransCanada Line a Go, BP: $1.9B in Alaska, and MoreClean energy by 2025? Good luck -- Andrew Ross, writing in the San Francisco Chronicle's The Bottom Line blog, cites a new report from the National Intelligence Council, "Global Trends, 2025," which Ross says, "throws cold water on the expectations of the more idealistic clean-tech advocates. Yes, t...
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7:26 PM EST 12/5/2008
Energy Roundup: Iraq Oil Confab, Bonterra's Management Moves, VeraSun's Sunny Side, and MoreIraq oil conference oozing oil men -- How can you tell that things have settled down a bit in Iraq, holder of the world's second largest known crude reserves? Oil execs the globe over have descended upon the still-insecure country for its first ever oil conference. Officials from Nippon Oil Explor...
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8:04 PM EST 12/3/2008
Energy Roundup: Biofuel Lab Opens, Obama Abandons Windfall Tax, and MoreNew biofuel research lab dedicated -- The new Joint Biofuel Energy Institute (JBEI) in Emeryville, California, has been dedicated. The institute, a joint project of Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, the Universities of California at Berkeley and Davis, the Carnegie ...
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7:55 PM EST 12/4/2008
Energy Roundup: Services Whacked, Nippon to Become 8th Largest, Solar Begs Bailout, and MoreOil services firms hit by low oil and gas prices -- The world's biggest oil fields services company, Schlumberger, has announced that its 2008 earnings would likely fall below original predictions. Those who watch such things have noted that oil field services firms would most likely be the first ...
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7:10 PM EST 11/19/2008
New BNET Video: Performance Review Tips for ManagersWhat with the crisis in the economy, employees are especially concerned about their performance reviews. As a manager, you probably hate them, too. They're a bureaucratic pain in the you-know-what, one that you would rather avoid. As a result, you wait until the last minute to prepare. Don't do it, ...
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1:25 PM EST 12/2/2008
Energy Roundup: Exxon Can Borrow, Iraq Offers 2nd Round, and MoreExxon's AAA rating: it's good to be the king -- Commenting on how the credit crunch may affect its big Papua New Guinea natural gas project, an Exxon official said that it would be "foolish" to suggest that it wouldn't pose difficulties. Difficulties, schmifficulties: Exxon's got a tripl...
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6:53 PM EST 11/26/2008
Energy Roundup: Ike and Gustav's Wrath, Dems Eye Regulation, and MoreMMS: 60 platforms confirmed destroyed by hurricanes -- The major hurricanes, Gustav and Ike, destroyed 60 rigs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico last summer, the U.S. federal Minerals Management Service has confirmed. [Source: Energy Current] Democrats eye oil market regulation -- According to an analys...
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