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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Bakken Oil Output Booming]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/02/09/bakken-oil-output-booming/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/02/09/bakken-oil-output-booming/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/02/09/bakken-oil-output-booming/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/analyst-reports/" rel="tag">Analyst Reports</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/forecasts/" rel="tag">Forecasts</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/industry/" rel="tag">Industry</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/commodities/" rel="tag">Commodities</a></p><p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2007/10/oilrig.jpg" alt="" />Believe it or not we have an "oil rush" right here in the United States, in North Dakota and Montana. It is called the Bakken Formation, as reported in <a href="http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/562553/201102081930/US-Bakken-Oil-Output-Soaring.htm">IBD</a>. The area is said to contain 4.3 billion barrels of oil. Some estimates go as high as 24 billion barrels.</p>
<p>Today North Dakota produces 400,000 barrels per day. With upgrades in infrastructure, production could go to 600,000 to 800,000 barrels per day. </p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/02/09/bakken-oil-output-booming/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Bakken Oil Output Booming</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/02/09/bakken-oil-output-booming/">Bakken Oil Output Booming</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/02/09/bakken-oil-output-booming/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/19835740/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2011/02/09/bakken-oil-output-booming/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>Bakken Formation</category><category>commodities</category><category>companies</category><category>inthenews</category><category>Montana</category><category>oag</category><category>oas</category><category>oil exploration Bakken Formation North Dakota</category><category>oil reserves</category><category>production</category><category>wll</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Connie Madon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best &amp; Worst of 2007: Company of the year]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/11/29/best-and-worst-of-2007-company-of-the-year/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/11/29/best-and-worst-of-2007-company-of-the-year/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/11/29/best-and-worst-of-2007-company-of-the-year/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/international-markets/" rel="tag">International Markets</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/products-and-services/" rel="tag">Products and Services</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/management/" rel="tag">Management</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/consumer-experience/" rel="tag">Consumer Experience</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/competitive-strategy/" rel="tag">Competitive Strategy</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/goog/" rel="tag">Google (GOOG)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/aapl/" rel="tag">Apple Inc (AAPL)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/ko/" rel="tag">Coca-Cola (KO)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/iphone/" rel="tag">iPhone</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/smartphones/" rel="tag">Smartphones</a></p><p><em><iframe align="left" src="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1512&amp;view=127211&amp;pollId=127311&amp;channel=aol_us_personalfinance&amp;popup=yes" frameborder="0" width="229" scrolling="no" height="190"></iframe>This post was part of AOL Money &amp; Finance's </em><em><a href="http://money.aol.com/special/best-and-worst-2007"><strong>Best &amp; Worst of 2007</strong></a> feature</em><em>. The voting has now closed and readers have chosen <strong><a href="http://money.aol.com/special/best-and-worst-2007/winners?photo=3">Google Inc.</a> </strong>as the company of the year.</em><em> Be sure and let us know in the comments if you are pleased with this result.</em></p>
<p><img alt="Company of the year " hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2007/11/bw-07-186-company-of-year-cs112007.jpg" align="right" vspace="4" border="1" />Corporate America, the markets, and Wall Street are lumbering through a so-so year -- one likely to be characterized by mediocre U.S. GDP and earnings performance, along with ample portions of market volatility.</p>
<p>To be sure, no one will confuse 2007 with a peak year during the <a href="http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Roaring+20s">"Roaring '20s"</a> or even the "Roaring '90s." Still, there were several standout performances, which we summarize in our "Company of the Year" award.</p>
<p><strong>Facebook</strong></p>
<p>Facebook deserves an honorable mention. The online directory shows considerable promise as an online community and networking device. Provided information is kept confidential and is not released or sold to unauthorized third parties, the business model can serve as another meeting room for groups that might not otherwise be able to meet for geographic or other reasons.</p><p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/11/29/best-and-worst-of-2007-company-of-the-year/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Best &amp; Worst of 2007: Company of the year</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/11/29/best-and-worst-of-2007-company-of-the-year/">Best &amp; Worst of 2007: Company of the year</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:10:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/11/29/best-and-worst-of-2007-company-of-the-year/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/1047406/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/11/29/best-and-worst-of-2007-company-of-the-year/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>AAPL</category><category>Apple</category><category>Asia</category><category>Best and Worst of 2007</category><category>cell phone</category><category>China</category><category>Coca-Cola</category><category>companies</category><category>corporate America</category><category>emerging markets</category><category>European Union</category><category>executives</category><category>Facebook</category><category>globalization</category><category>GOOG</category><category>Google</category><category>iPhone</category><category>iPod</category><category>iTunes</category><category>KO</category><category>Mac</category><category>Macintosh</category><category>Microsoft</category><category>MSFT</category><category>playlist</category><category>Podcast</category><category>Russia</category><category>smartphone</category><category>Steve Jobs</category><category>teens</category><category>United States</category><category>young adults</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Lazzaro]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six companies we love to hate (and how we've only ourselves to blame)]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/04/20/six-companies-we-love-to-hate-and-how-weve-but-ourselves-to-bl/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/04/20/six-companies-we-love-to-hate-and-how-weve-but-ourselves-to-bl/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/04/20/six-companies-we-love-to-hate-and-how-weve-but-ourselves-to-bl/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/consumer-experience/" rel="tag">Consumer Experience</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/msft/" rel="tag">Microsoft (MSFT)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/wmt/" rel="tag">Wal-Mart (WMT)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/sbux/" rel="tag">Starbucks (SBUX)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/hd/" rel="tag">Home Depot (HD)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/xom/" rel="tag">Exxon Mobil (XOM)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/columns/" rel="tag">Columns</a></p><span style="font-style: italic;"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2007/04/chris-pummer-75a092606.jpg" alt="" />This post was written by Chris Pummer, special contributor to AOL Money &amp; Finance.</span><br /><br />Almost every American has a mega-company they dislike or downright despise. A select few companies bear the undesired distinction of being widely abhorred.<br /><br />While consumers hold some whole industries in contempt like insurers and airlines - the latter unfairly given historically low fares -- certain industry leaders have become magnets of scorn. <br /><br />Today's monopoly-wannabes are different than monoliths like John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil dismantled in the trust-busting era a century ago. The bygone variety abused a fast-expanding smokestack economy and vast scientific advances. Today's are retail and technology giants exploiting the deregulated business environment spawned in the 1980s and consumers' indiscriminate appetite for cheap prices and convenience.<br /><br />Our collective spending choices and patronage vaulted each into its dominant position. Consumer champion Ralph Nader blames not only weak government oversight, but also our swift shift to a cashless society, in which consumers pay little mind to the consequences of their hasty credit- and debit-card transactions.<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/04/20/six-companies-we-love-to-hate-and-how-weve-but-ourselves-to-bl/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Six companies we love to hate (and how we've only ourselves to blame)</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/04/20/six-companies-we-love-to-hate-and-how-weve-but-ourselves-to-bl/">Six companies we love to hate (and how we've only ourselves to blame)</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:20:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/04/20/six-companies-we-love-to-hate-and-how-weve-but-ourselves-to-bl/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/878775/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/04/20/six-companies-we-love-to-hate-and-how-weve-but-ourselves-to-bl/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>companies</category><category>companies we hate</category><category>CompaniesWeHate</category><category>exxon</category><category>exxon-mobil</category><category>hate</category><category>hd</category><category>home depot</category><category>HomeDepot</category><category>i hate exxon</category><category>i hate home depot</category><category>i hate microsoft</category><category>i hate starbucks</category><category>i hate wal-mart</category><category>IHateExxon</category><category>IHateHomeDepot</category><category>IHateMicrosoft</category><category>IHateStarbucks</category><category>IHateWal-mart</category><category>microsoft</category><category>msft</category><category>sbux</category><category>starbucks</category><category>wal-mart</category><category>wmt</category><category>xm</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Gilbert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:20:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
