http://www.mail.com/companies/1700-chevron-corporation.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/companies/1700-chevron-corporation.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2067280-wal-mart-stores-takes-top-spot-fortune-500.html NEW YORK (AP) — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. once again leads Fortune's list of the 500 biggest U.S. companies by revenue, as the world's largest retailer succeeded in posting strong growth despite a challenging economy for its shoppers. The Bentonville, Ark., company's revenue grew nearly 6 percent in 2012 to $469.2 billion. Exxon Mobil Corp. dropped to the seco... Tue, 07 May 2013 00:19:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2067280-wal-mart-stores-takes-top-spot-fortune-500.html 2013-05-07T00:19:40Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2046540-chevron-profit-45-pct-lower-oil-prices.html NEW YORK (AP) — Chevron Corp.'s net income fell 4.5 percent in the first quarter as oil prices fell and refinery output declined. Chevron, the second largest U.S. oil company, has delivered better profit margins than the other energy majors in recent years because a big part of its production mix is oil, which has been fetching high prices. Rivals, like E... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:07:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2046540-chevron-profit-45-pct-lower-oil-prices.html 2013-04-26T23:07:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2036910-obamas-inaugural-raised-43.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's inaugural committee raised more than $43 million for his second inauguration, with corporations chipping in a major portion. Reports filed with the Federal Election Commission show the committee fell about $7 million short of its $50 million fundraising goal. For his first inauguration, Obama raised $53 million i... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:19:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2036910-obamas-inaugural-raised-43.html 2013-04-22T16:19:57Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2028378-lebanon-picks-46-firms-to-bid-gas-exploration.html BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's energy minister says Beirut has chosen 46 international and regional companies to bid for off-shore gas exploration. Gibran Bassil says 12 companies will bid as operators, while 34 companies prequalified as non-operators. He told reporters Thursday the licensing round begins on May 2. Among the companies that will bid as operators ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:46:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2028378-lebanon-picks-46-firms-to-bid-gas-exploration.html 2013-04-18T15:46:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2025562-supreme-court-limits-suits-foreign-abuses.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday drastically limited the ability of foreign victims of human rights abuses to use American courts to seek accountability and monetary damages for their suffering. The decision was a major victory for corporations that have been sued in the United States over their alleged role in foreign atrocities. The cour... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:12:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2025562-supreme-court-limits-suits-foreign-abuses.html 2013-04-17T19:12:27Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2008516-moniz-backs-natural-gas-revolution.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Energy Department pledged to increase use of natural gas Tuesday as a way to combat climate change even as the nation seeks to boost domestic energy production. Ernest Moniz, a physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said "a stunning increase" in production of domestic n... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:23:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2008516-moniz-backs-natural-gas-revolution.html 2013-04-09T19:23:05Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1984588-52-companies-apply-to-explore-oil-lebanon.html BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's Energy Ministry says 52 companies have participated in a pre-qualification process to win licenses for offshore oil and gas work. The ministry says the companies include Chevron and Exxon Mobil Corp. from the United States and Royal Dutch Shell PLC. Lebanon is a resource-poor nation and any finds could help it pay off one of the hi... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:04:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1984588-52-companies-apply-to-explore-oil-lebanon.html 2013-03-28T19:04:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1971598-sierra-club-blasts-plan-to-improve-fracking.html PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Sierra Club and some other environmental groups are harshly criticizing a new partnership that aims to create tough new standards for fracking. The criticism Thursday came a day after two of the nation's biggest oil and gas companies made peace with some national and regional environmental groups, agreeing to go through an independen... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 02:02:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1971598-sierra-club-blasts-plan-to-improve-fracking.html 2013-03-22T02:02:51Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1967868-sides-agree-tough-fracking-standards.html PITTSBURGH (AP) — Some of the nation's biggest oil and gas companies have made peace with environmentalists, agreeing to a voluntary set of tough new standards for fracking in the Northeast that could lead to a major expansion of drilling. The program announced Wednesday will work a lot like Underwriters Laboratories, which puts its familiar UL seal of ap... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:52:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1967868-sides-agree-tough-fracking-standards.html 2013-03-20T20:52:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1950766-la-pipeline-blaze-burn-until-thursday.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A fire raging in a coastal Louisiana bayou where a tugboat struck a gas pipeline appeared to have diminished Wednesday night, but is far from extinguished, the Coast Guard said. Smoke was still visible in New Orleans, 30 miles to the north, and officials say they don't expect the fire sparked by Tuesday night's crash to be out until Thu... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:47:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1950766-la-pipeline-blaze-burn-until-thursday.html 2013-03-13T22:47:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1950522-blaze-erupts-tug-hits-pipeline-la-bayou.html LAFITTE, La. (AP) — A tug boat pushing an oil barge struck a gas pipeline in a bayou south of New Orleans on Tuesday night, igniting a blaze that burned for hours and left four people injured, one severely. Ensign Tanner Stiehl told The Associated Press the collision occurred at about 6 p.m. Central on Bayou Perot, in a marshy area near where Lafourche an... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:13:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1950522-blaze-erupts-tug-hits-pipeline-la-bayou.html 2013-03-13T06:13:30Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1931974-energy-nominee-favors-all-of-the-above-approach.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Energy Department advocates an all-of-the-above approach to energy and favors natural gas as a "bridge fuel" to help the country develop clean energy. Ernest Moniz, a physics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, leads the MIT Energy Initiative, a research group that gets fund... Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:40:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1931974-energy-nominee-favors-all-of-the-above-approach.html 2013-03-05T17:40:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1913776-us-caught-awkward-embrace-myanmar-crony.html YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The image was meant to convey growing friendship between the United States and Myanmar, the world's hottest frontier market. Flanked by national flags, Win Aung, the president of Myanmar's main business association, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Jose Fernandez shook hands in Yangon and agreed to deepen business ties between their countries. ... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:47:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1913776-us-caught-awkward-embrace-myanmar-crony.html 2013-02-26T01:47:57Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1873470-senate-panel-postpones-vote-hagel-nomination.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel on Wednesday abruptly postponed a vote on Chuck Hagel's nomination to be defense secretary amid Republican demands for more information from President Barack Obama's nominee about his paid speeches and business dealings. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, had hoped to vote on the nomina... Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1873470-senate-panel-postpones-vote-hagel-nomination.html 2013-02-07T00:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861716-chevron-profit-up-asset-exchange-refineries.html NEW YORK (AP) — Chevron Corp. posted a 41 percent gain in net income for the fourth quarter as the company produced more oil and gas, improved the performance of its refinery business and realized a gain from swapping assets in an Australian natural gas field. Chevron Corp. posted net income of $7.2 billion for the quarter on revenue of $60.6 billion. Tha... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861716-chevron-profit-up-asset-exchange-refineries.html 2013-02-02T00:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861700-refining-margins-boost-4q-profit-exxon-mobil.html DALLAS (AP) — Exxon Mobil Corp. said Friday that fourth-quarter earnings rose 6 percent to $9.95 billion with help from higher refining profit margins. The oil giant barely missed a record for full-year earnings. It earned $44.88 billion in 2012, about $340 million shy of its 2008 mark of $45.22 billion, an all-time high for a publicly traded company. ... Sat, 02 Feb 2013 00:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861700-refining-margins-boost-4q-profit-exxon-mobil.html 2013-02-02T00:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857840-argentine-court-upholds-freeze-chevron-assets.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An attempt by Chevron Corp. to unfreeze its assets was dismissed Wednesday by an appeals court in Argentina, where the winners of a $19 billion environmental judgment in Ecuador are suing to force the oil company to pay. Plaintiffs' attorney Pablo Fajardo told The Associated Press that the court refused to lift an embargo th... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857840-argentine-court-upholds-freeze-chevron-assets.html 2013-01-31T02:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1853904-defense-nominee-hagel-plans-to-holdings.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel has told Pentagon officials he plans to divest some of his financial holdings and resign from several corporate boards and public interest groups to avoid potential conflicts of interest if he wins Senate confirmation. Hagel told Defense Department officials in a letter last week that he would res... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1853904-defense-nominee-hagel-plans-to-holdings.html 2013-01-29T18:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1829512-ge-earnings-rise-emerging-market-growth.html NEW YORK (AP) — General Electric Co. has been re-energized. Performance at all of the conglomerate's industrial segments is improving thanks to cost cutting, a shift in strategy and growth in emerging markets. GE, based in Fairfield, Conn., reported an operating profit per share of 44 cents, a penny higher than analysts polled by FactSet expected. Perhaps... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1829512-ge-earnings-rise-emerging-market-growth.html 2013-01-18T22:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1829516-oil-firm-to-boost-exports-iraqi-kurdish-area.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Genel Energy PLC, a company led by the former BP chief executive that recently started shipping oil from Iraq's self-rule Kurdish region, said Friday it plans to increase the amount it exports from the enclave despite Baghdad's opposition. The exports risk provoking lawsuits from the central government and are likely to exacerbate tensions ... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1829516-oil-firm-to-boost-exports-iraqi-kurdish-area.html 2013-01-18T12:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1822008-chevron-set-to-win-lithuanian-shale-gas-license.html VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — U.S. energy giant Chevron is poised to win a license for shale gas exploration in Lithuania, officials in the Baltic state announced Tuesday. The license is for a field in western Lithuania, an area near the Baltic Sea where several small firms extract a tiny amount of crude oil. Last year Chevron bought a 50 percent stake in one... Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1822008-chevron-set-to-win-lithuanian-shale-gas-license.html 2013-01-15T15:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1813424-iraq-threatens-to-seize-oil-shipments-sue-dealers.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has threatened to seize oil exports made without its consent and sue companies dealing in what it sees as contraband crude just days after the country's self-rule Kurdish region began unilaterally exporting oil. The spokesman for Iraq's Kurdish regional government, Safeen Dizayee, confirmed Friday that the largely autonomous territory ... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1813424-iraq-threatens-to-seize-oil-shipments-sue-dealers.html 2013-01-11T12:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1780164-correction-school-shooting-teacher-pensions-story.html ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — In a story Dec. 20 about public pension funds investing in gun makers, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a quote. Howard Goldman, spokesman for the Texas Retirement System, did not say it would be difficult if not impossible to fulfill the fund's obligations "while managing portfolios that reflect the social concerns of all of our shareholders."... Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1780164-correction-school-shooting-teacher-pensions-story.html 2013-01-03T16:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1788602-chevrons-ceo-affordable-energy-crucial.html NEW YORK (AP) — Chevron CEO John Watson notices something important as he visits his company's operations around the globe: Governments everywhere find high energy prices much scarier than the threat of global warming. And that means the world will need a lot more oil and gas in the years to come. To meet that demand, Chevron is in the midst of an enormou... Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1788602-chevrons-ceo-affordable-energy-crucial.html 2012-12-27T17:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1777268-ypf-chevron-sign-argentina-shale-pact.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's cash-strapped state energy company signed a partnership deal Wednesday with Chevron Corp. for a "massive development" of the South American country's vast nonconventional oil and gas resources. YPF President Miguel Galuccio and Chevron's Latin America and Africa chief, Ali Moshiri, signed a letter of intent to st... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1777268-ypf-chevron-sign-argentina-shale-pact.html 2012-12-19T23:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1772362-chevron-offers-to-settle-brazil-spill-lawsuits.html SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian prosecutors say Chevron Corp. has offered to pay $150 million to settle two civil lawsuits stemming from an offshore oil spill. The lawsuits seek $20 billion in damages. Federal prosecutors say they must await an environmental agency report on the spill before accepting any Chevron offer. That report must corroborate Chevron's a... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1772362-chevron-offers-to-settle-brazil-spill-lawsuits.html 2012-12-17T19:15:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1758094-exxon-us-energy-revival-staying-power.html NEW YORK (AP) — Exxon says the energy renaissance in the U.S. will continue and predicts that North America will become a net exporter of oil and natural gas by the middle of the next decade. The company's annual long-term energy outlook, released Tuesday, says the rapid growth of production in the U.S. and Canada, along with improved energy efficiency, w... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1758094-exxon-us-energy-revival-staying-power.html 2012-12-11T19:03:00Z