Investors who think oil is a good long-term bet should read this first.
- Professor of Finance, Lancaster University
The Saudi government’s oil firm is set to become the world’s biggest public company, but investors are already betting against its long-term prospects.
New technique captures 78% carbon using molten tin.
Efforts to break our financial addiction to the energy sector might find useful lessons in the slow decline of tobacco.
Ultimately, RBS is better off out of government hands and the decision to sell is the best option available.
MPs in the UK recently voted against a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing but Lancashire, the local county council under most pressure, agreed it needed more time to make a decision. MPs also agreed that…
If you rely on benefits, accessing a trustworthy financial system is hard. This is the case for both borrowing and for saving. While some question whether people on benefits are in a position to save at…
Not In My Back Yard, or NIMBY-ism as it is known, is one thing, but the prospect of fracking for shale gas in rock deep underground has thrown up a new type of protest: Not Under My Back Yard. Following…
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