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Hi-tech and Big Data offer hope to battered U.S. oil industry
2015-03-27 18:55:21| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
With the price of crude plumbing lows not seen since 2009, Royal Dutch Shell, Whiting Petroleum Corp and many others are turning to rocket fuel, Big Data, lasers, spectrometers and other new or revamped technologies to do more for less. As North America's oil companies slash spending and lay off workers, established services firms and start-ups are hawking products that better assess oil and gas deposits, help drill fewer but bigger new wells, and boost output from old ones.
Snow departs, rain rolling into battered Buffalo
2014-11-23 20:53:36| Chemicals - Topix.net
The cold has eased and it's no longer snowing in Buffalo, N.Y., and other areas around the Great Lakes. Here comes the rain.
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Shares in Serco battered after Soames warns of pain
2014-11-11 02:57:31| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Congratulations, you're now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we'll send them straight to your inbox. RUPERT Soames, the Serco chief executive who left Glasgow-based Aggreko to head up the scandal-hit outsourcing firm, yesterday admitted the company faces two more difficult years.
8 battered stocks with big upside potential
2014-08-14 15:24:11| Jewelry - Topix.net
When stocks crack - as they did in July and into August - some investors panic. But the savvy ones look for opportunities.
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As flood-soaked Britain is battered by new storm, fierce debate arises over what to do next
2014-02-12 09:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Soggy Britain is being soaked again. The River Thames has burst its banks, rail lines have been washed away, villages have been turned into islands and soldiers are out on the front lines filling sandbags. As residents battled to save their homes -- and British politicians battled one another -- yet another storm hit the U.K on Wednesday, pummeling the west coast with torrential rain and wind gusts up to 106 mph (170 kph). Here's a look at the nation's exceptionally wet and wild weather. WHAT...