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How to Win and Retain More Customers as a Utility Business
Imagine yourself at a crowded event with dozens of people chatting around you. If you’re like most of us, you’ll probably find that you can easily ignore or tune out of those conversations. To you, they’re just background noise, right?
read more... 03/05/2017
Daily (24.02.2017): Oil pares gains after 7th consecutive rise in crude inventories
Crude oil climbed on Tuesday, but gains were pared after the U.S. government figures indicated a seventh consecutive increase in crude inventories, undermining OPEC’s initiative to cut output.
read more... 24/02/2017
Daily: European forward electricity prices hit the highest level in 12 weeks amid firmer fuels
Crude oil prices shed on Thursday as producers insinuated more output, while U.S. stockpiles registered their first loss in four sessions. The euro was down against the dollar after traders saw potential for the European Central Bank to eventually boost its stimulus measures if necessary. WTI crude oil prices eased 2.3 percent to settle at 43.18 a barrel. Brent crude declined 2.8 percent to close at $44.53 a barrel.
read more... 22/04/2016
Daily: Crude oil soars on hopes for output cuts to slash oversupply
Crude oil prices hiked on Tuesday, increasing over 4 percent as investors were optimistic that expected output cuts could eventually reduce one of the largest global oversupplies in decades. Crude climbed after OPEC urged rival producers to cut supply alongside its members. Brent crude rose $1.30, or 4.26 percent, to settle at $31.80 a barrel, recovering from a decline at the start of the session to pick at $32.72. U.S. crude climbed 3.7 percent, or $1.11, to close at $31.45 a barrel. During the session it increased as high as $32.41.
read more... 27/01/2016
Daily: Oil prices trade below psychological threshold of $30 a barrel for first time since 12 years
Crude oil prices lost 3 % on Tuesday, posting a seventh straight daily decline for oil. Oil prices shed briefly below $30-per-barrel level, which is both a psychological and financial threshold and prolonging a selloff that has trimmed prices by almost 20% this year. Benchmark Brent crude slipped 69 cents to settle at $30.86, after bottoming at $30.34. U.S. WTI dropped 97 cents to close at $30.44 a barrel, a 3.1% loss, after hitting a low of $29.93, which was last recorded in December 2003. The decline was prompted by intensifying concerns about sluggish demand in China and the lack of output restraint.
read more... 13/01/2016