Jeffrey Skilling, the former Enron chief executive officer who is serving a 24-year prison sentence for fraud, is seeking a new trial over government objections. Could Skilling soon regain his freedom?
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Oil services firm Halliburton (HAL) has responded to claims that it was aware of test results showing that the cement to be used as a plug for the bottom of the Macondo oil well was unstable.
Federal investigators sent a letter Thursday indicating tha…
A federal commission investigating the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, issued a scathing report today, saying BP and its cement contractor Halliburton knew that test results for the cement to be used as a plug for the…
Chrysler Group reportedly is planning to build a small car capable of 40 mpg based on a current Fiat design in a bid to boost its corporate fuel economy average.
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International Business Machines (IBM) is searching for a method that will cut devices’ power consumption by 90% and reduce so-called vampire energy – power used by machines when they are turned off.
IBM’s Zurich lab is developing a transistor to regu…