Some urge easing up on assist to ethanol
Omaha.comOil, food and livestock lobbyists are preparing to battle energy legislation that the Senate could take up this week. The bill would impose a new requirement to boost the U.S. use of renewable fuels from the current mandate of 7.5 billion gallons by 2012 to 36 billion gallons by 2022.
Read full articleBanks
ShoreBank thrives despite early predictions
Opening a bank aimed at improving the quality of life in poor urban areas was supposed to be a grand... [read more]
U.S. subprime woes could hurt Swiss banks, report says
While banks including UBS and Credit Suisse have raised their ability to absorb shocks, recent increases... [read more]
Energy
BP in oilseed tree project
Company sets up a venture with biodiesel firm to increase planting of jatropha, a tree that produces... [read more]
For some oil companies, Venezuela is hardly the worst option
The edicts of President Hugo Chávez are relatively tolerable when compared with conditions in countries... [read more]
