US News

I became interested in 3D printing technology almost ten years ago when I visited the Mid-America Technology Center at Pittsburg State University in Kansas to learn about what was then called “rapid prototyping” and its potential uses in the automotive industry.  A few days ago I was doing some research and I discovered that the […]

But will the announcement raise your interest levels? Northcote (LSE:NCT), an onshore US oil and gas exploration and production company, has raised £1.75 million (before expenses) through a placing arranged by Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited of 159,090,910 new ordinary shares (‘Ordinary Shares’) of no par value in the capital of the Company (‘the Placing Shares’) […]

The share price of aerospace giant Boeing (NYSE:BA) had been steadily climbing to record altitudes when, almost without warning, yesterday the airline manufacturer hit turbulence over Japan, losing a contract with Japan Airlines for 31 of its 777 aircraft to Airbus (EU:EAD). With its first ever order from Japan Airlines, Airbus has landed a deal […]

Mike van Dulken, Head of Research at Accendo Markets, commented in his Weekly Roundup to clients, US politicians have decided that the best thing for the nation is to allow its government to go into partial shutdown rather than back down on conflicting budget views surrounding a presidential policy aimed at making medical care affordable […]

I must confess that I have never tweeted (in any way, shape or form), nor have I ever used Twitter.  I’m not apologizing.  I’m just saying that I don’t see the necessity of having a Twitter account, although some of my clients are suggesting that I should open one.  Now I see that Twitter has […]

Taking stock of the US government’s portfolio As part of its ongoing efforts to wind down and recover its remaining Capital Purchase Program (CPP) investments under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced its intention to sell several preferred stock CPP investments. The Treasury intends to conduct auctions […]

Magnolia Petroleum (LSE:MAGP), a US focused oil and gas exploration and production company, has announced a quarterly update on its operations across proven and producing US onshore hydrocarbon formations, including the Bakken/Three Forks Sanish in North Dakota and Montana, and the Mississippi Lime and the Hunton/Woodford in Oklahoma. Quarter Highlights: Production as at 1 August […]

It started out innocently enough as an entertaining way to post videos from posting popular music, snippets from TV shows, how-to demos, personal tirades, stupid human tricks, and a plethora of other item, both socially redeeming and some that indicate the need for social redemption.  Yesterday we saw an example of how powerful this social […]

Yesterday I said, essentially, that the U.S. shutdown “ain’t not big deal.”  If this shutdown is like most of the others the U.S. has experienced, it will be something similar to the effect of a major January snowstorm in the Washington DC area. For most Americans – and most of the world, for that matter […]

Northcote Energy (AIM:NCT), an onshore US oil and gas exploration and production company, has announced interim results for the six month period ended June 30 2013. Highlights: · Rapidly advancing strategy of building an extensive low-risk onshore oil and gas production company · Quadrupled production since January 2013 to 100boepd · Increased net acreage by […]