New York TimesAs Oil Money Melts, Alaska Mulls First Income Tax in 35 YearsNew York TimesThis is the least-taxed state in the nation, where oil royalties and energy taxes once paid for 90 percent of state functions. Oil money was so plentiful that resident …

Wall Street JournalSubsidies for Cooking OilWall Street JournalThe Journal reports that Solazyme, which in 2009 received more than $20 million in grants to build a refinery for automotive fuel, is now selling an algae-derived oil for cooking. Readers may r …

Wall Street JournalThe Oil-Patch BustWall Street JournalThe world-wide commodities bust has taken its toll on economies from Indonesia to Brazil to Canada, so it was inevitable that it would also hit the world's leading producer of oil and natural gas— …

Wall Street JournalBig Oil's Windfall LossesWall Street JournalA funny thing happened in Washington as oil prices have fallen by more than half since the summer of 2014: Nothing. No calls to hang speculators. No pleas to stop layoffs or help drillers i …

Engineering crippled by shortage of graduatesIndependent OnlineJohannesburg - The engineering profession in South Africa continues to be dominated by white people and the latest figures show that the gap is far from being closed. There are almost 13 800 wh …

Mac Williams Engineering merges with StrumTheChronicleHerald.caA pair of Halifax engineering firms have merged. Strum Consulting announced the acquisition of Mac Williams Engineering on Monday. Mac Williams, headquarters in Bayers Lake, has seven full-time …

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CSO OnlineNear-flawless Social Engineering attack spoiled by single flawCSO OnlineA reader recently shared an email that was sent to their comptroller, which by all accounts was a near-perfect social engineering attempt. However, awareness training, combin …

UT The Daily TexanCockrell School of Engineering increases number of womenUT The Daily TexanAn initiative from the Cockrell School of Engineering continues to progress toward the goal of increasing the number of women in the program. Tricia Berry, director …

Wall Street JournalNotable & Quotable: Origami EngineeringWall Street JournalBut when coupled together, the structure can be a hundred times stronger than the original material used to make the tubes, says Evgueni Filipov, a graduate engineering studen …