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China factory activity shrinks for first time in seven months: flash PMI
ReutersBEIJING (Reuters) - China's factory activity shrank for the first time in seven months in May as new orders fell, a preliminary manufacturing survey showed, entrenching fears that its economic recovery has stalled and that a sharper cooldown may be...Tags: Nikkei, Bank of America Corp., Money and Monetary Policy, Japan, Employment
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J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Fall of Arthur' and the path to Middle-Earth
The books go ever on and on. Forty years after his death at 81, works by J.R.R. Tolkien continue to appear. The latest, "The Fall of Arthur," lists nine works published during his lifetime ("The Lord of the Rings" trilogy appears as a single title) and 24...
Tags: Folklore and Mythology, Poetry, University of Oxford, Arts and Culture
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U.S. sees seven to 11 Atlantic hurricanes in 2013
ReutersMIAMI (Reuters) - The 2013 Atlantic hurricane season could be "extremely active" and spawn 13 to 20 tropical storms, seven to 11 of which are expected to become hurricanes, the U.S. government's top climate agency predicted on Thursday. Three to six of...Tags: Tropical Storms, Weather, Natural Disasters, Mexico, Caribbean Sea
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BRIEF-BP, Shell, Statoil have been sued over alleged brent crude oil price fixing
ReutersMay 23 (Reuters) - BP PLC : * Is sued by commodity trading firm over alleged price fixing in brent crude oil prices and futures contracts -- court filing * Lawsuit filed by Chicago-based prime international trading ltd also names Royal Dutch Shell Plc...Tags: Corporate Crime, Prices, Trials, Environmental Issues, Restraint of Trade
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Quebec to do own review of Enbridge pipeline project
ReutersBy Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - Quebec will announce within weeks that it will launch its own public review of a proposed pipeline that would deliver crude oil from western Canada to eastern markets, its environment minister said...Tags: Enbridge Incorporated, Government, Global Warming, Politics, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities
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Commodities trader sues BP, others for alleged price fixing
ReutersMay 23 (Reuters) - A commodities trader has sued BP Plc , Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Statoil in the United States, accusing them of colluding to fix prices in North Sea Brent crude oil. Prime International Trading Ltd, in a proposed class-action lawsuit...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, North Sea, Litigation, Trials, BP Plc
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UPDATE 1-Chevron Richmond CDU near planned production -sources
Reuters* Chevron began restarting crude unit on April 26 * CDU was shut by Aug 6 fire (Adds Chevron no comment, background details) HOUSTON, May 23 (Reuters) - The sole crude distillation unit at Chevron Corp's 245,000 barrel per day (bpd) Richmond,...Tags: Fines, Punishment, Chevron Corportion
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares sink on U.S. stimulus pullback, Chinese growth fears
Reuters* World shares fall sharply on fears Fed could taper bond-buying * Weak Chinese factory, euro zone sentiment data add to concerns, * Nikkei falls 7.3 pct, European shares down over 2.0 pct * Yen gains vs dollar and euro, German bonds firm By Richard...Tags: Nikkei, Ben Bernanke, Foreign Exchange Market, Japan, Metal and Mineral
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South Florida hotels, airports, ports expect to be busy for Memorial Day weekend
Memorial Day, the traditional kickoff of the summer travel season, is just days away, and many Americans will take to the roadways and skies during the coming holiday weekend. Roughly 1.8 million Floridians — the same number as in 2012—...
Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Weather, Holidays, Miami International Airport
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The day ahead in business May 23
Reports: Initial jobless claims for week ended May 18, 7:30 a.m.; PMI manufacturing flash index for May, 7:58 a.m.; FHFA housing price index for March, 8 a.m.; New home sales for April, 9 a.m.; Mortgage rates for week ended May 23, 9 a.m.; Natural gas...
Tags: Sears Holdings Corp., SABMiller plc, Toro Co., Hormel Foods Corporation, Williams-Sonoma Inc.
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Global Voices: The six personalities of Russia's Putin
Vladimir Putin emerged from the obscurity of a secret agent’s life when called to Moscow in 1997 by power-hungry oligarchs in search of a pliable accomplice to plant in the Kremlin. In little more than two years, Putin was president of Russia and...Tags: Government, Politics, Vladimir Putin, 2014 Winter Olympic Games, International Monetary Fund
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RPT-Sell cheap fuel and profit - Delta Air Lines' refining 101
Reuters* Delta's Trainer refinery could take 50,000 bpd of Bakken crude by end year * Delta eyes chances to ship jet fuel to Midwest markets By Matthew Robinson NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - Making money in the refining business is generally a pretty...Tags: Boeing Co., BP Plc, Richard Anderson, Delta Air Lines, New York City
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