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Cities Mandate LEED But Not Certification

September 6, 2008

Washington, D.C., started it all in 2006 with legislation that required certain privately owned buildings to meet LEED standards. Boston quickly followed suit in early 2007, and Los Angeles and Dallas have both passed similar ordinances. Although the ordinances vary in scope and timeframe as well as stringency, none of them requires buildings to achieve [...]

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The future of the Texas commercial real estate market looks bright

July 28, 2008

Dallas, Texas — At a time when the economy is on a seemingly constant downslide, it is hard to know exactly where the real estate market in any given city is going. Home sales everywhere are down and foreclosures are occurring in record numbers. New construction and commercial real estate sales have slowed down tremendously [...]

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BP,Partners Get Greenlight For $10 Billion Angola Oil Developments

July 28, 2008

LONDON -(Dow Jones)- BP PLC (BP) and its partners Monday got a green light to kick off one of Angola’s largest oil and gas investments, worth $10 billion. The news come as the country is steadily ramping up production after becoming Africa’s largest oil producer, bypassing Nigeria where violence has hampered output. The announcement is [...]

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Dearth of Ships Delays Drilling of Offshore Oil

July 10, 2008

As President Bush calls for repealing a ban on drilling off most of the coast of the United States, a shortage of ships used for deep-water offshore drilling promises to impede any rapid turnaround in oil exploration and supply. In recent years, this global shortage of drill-ships has created a critical bottleneck, frustrating energy company [...]

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