gas prices

• On the Road to Independence

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  April 1, 2013

  The dream of energy independence for the United States of America is fast becoming a reality.

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  Gas and Cigarettes: The Tax Sticks That Keep On Hittin’

  By Mike Patton  |  March 25, 2013

  A look at how federal and state taxes hit car owners and smokers: are they meant to change behavior or just raise revenue?

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  Southern Charm in the Small-Cap Space

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  January 21, 2013

  Don’t let the easygoing, good ol’ boy charm fool you. Raise the topic of investment management, particularly in small caps, and Mark Travis' “aw-shucks” attitude quickly fades.

• U.K. Investigating Natural Gas Price Fixing Allegations

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 13, 2012

  Energy Secretary Ed Davey said in the report that the government is “extremely concerned” about the possibility that manipulations of the wholesale natural gas market may have been perpetrated by some of the largest power companies in the country.

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  Economy to Drive Small-Business Owners’ Vote: Principal Financial Survey

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  October 24, 2012

  A just-released survey by The Principal Financial Group has found that the top concern among small-business owners today is managing health care costs.

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  Ex-CIA Official Sees ‘Supersonic Boom’ in Global Growth: RIIA Confab

  By Kenneth Silber, AdvisorOne  |  October 5, 2012

  Ex-intelligence official Herb Meyer predicted a “supersonic boom” in the world economy in coming decades, resulting from heightened consumer demand from a “global middle class” including potentially billions of people recently emerged from poverty.

• MLPs Come into Sharp Focus

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  June 27, 2012

  The young, tax-advantaged asset class of master limited partnerships, with its unique structure and method of return, has been picking up steam for the past several years.

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  Dithering Deepens, Spreads Eurozone Crisis

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 1, 2012

  Calls for action seem to be everywhere throughout the eurozone with the exception of Germany, where Chancellor Angela Merkel’s insistence on adhering to austerity is increasingly isolating her from the rest of the region.

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  U.S. Unemployment Rate Barely Changed in April as Economy Added Only 115,000 Jobs

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  May 4, 2012

  The U.S. unemployment rate was little changed in April, at 8.1% versus 8.2% in March, as the economy gained only 115,000 jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday.

• Steady Streams

  By Jane Wollman Rusoff  |  April 25, 2012

  An unusual — and stunning — thing happened on the way out of the financial crisis: In 2009, the United States became the world’s largest producer of natural gas.