Oil rebounds after big 2-day drop, rising about $2 - Forbes

Oil rebounds after big 2-day drop, rising about $2 - Forbes
Oil prices rebounded Thursday, gaining more than $2 at times as traders questioned whether this week's two-day plunge signals a real turnaround or just a breather for the bulls. Light, sweet crude for August delivery was up $1.51 cents at $136.11 a

Mourners bury 2 Israeli soldiers after Hezbollah exchange - International Herald Tribune
JERUSALEM : With solemn speeches and military salutes, thousands of mourners on Thursday buried the two Israeli soldiers whose remains were returned in a long-awaited exchange with the Lebanese militia Hezbollah on Wednesday. The funeral of Sergeant

Elysium(R) Exchange by Axolotl Selected to Power New Statewide Idaho - Consumer Electronics Net
BOISE, Idaho & SAN JOSE, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Axolotl Corp. of San Jose has been selected to supply the technology to power the Idaho Health Data Exchange, the state's first statewide health information exchange or HIE. Axolotl's award-winning

A LUCRATIVE GREEN BUSINESS - Der Spiegel
The European Union Emission Trading Scheme offers the possibility of high returns. Armani-clad investment bankers usually don't get much credit for saving the world. But the success of Europe's thriving market in trading carbon emission credits

Baxter quarterly profit rises 26 percent - Guardian Unlimited
CHICAGO, July 17 (Reuters) - Baxter International Inc on Thursday said quarterly profit rose 26 percent, beating the average Wall Street forecast, led by strong demand for plasma and other blood therapy products. The Deerfield, Illinois-based company

Official Zimbabwe inflation at 2.2 million percent - Forbes
Official inflation soared to 2.2 million percent in Zimbabwe - by far the highest in the world - and has shot as high as 70 million percent in the past year for some basic goods sold on the black market, the state central bank said Thursday

Freed Lebanese Prisoners Vow to Continue Fight Against Israel - FOX News
BEIRUT — Five militants who were freed as part of a prisoner swap with Israel prayed Thursday at a slain Hezbollah military commander's grave, pledging to follow in his footsteps and continue fighting Israel. Wearing military fatigues, the five men

Stocks trade mixed on earnings reports, rising oil - Miami Herald
NEW YORK Stocks traded mixed Thursday as investors parsed stronger-than-expected quarterly reports from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and United Technologies Corp. that gave Wall Street some reassurance about the health of the economy. But a rise in oil

Nabors to Offer an Additional $750 Million of Senior Notes - MSN MoneyCentral
HAMILTON, Bermuda , July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nabors Industries Ltd. NBR today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Nabors Industries Inc., has commenced an offering of an additional $750 million of its 6.15% Senior Notes due 2018 with