CNBCAnalyst: Why big oil is hoarding cashCNBCIt's all about the balance sheet for energy giants hoping to weather the storm of historically low oil prices, top analyst Doug Terreson told CNBC. Super major oil companies like Exxon, Chevron and BP are Te …

ForbesOil Slump Sets Scene for MergersWall Street JournalA year-and-a-half on from the start of the worst crude-oil price crash in a generation, the biggest U.S. and European energy companies have delayed projects and made such deep budget cuts that they w …

New York TimesMarketsOil leaps as Russia says may meet Saudi on cutFinancial TimesOil prices jumped 5 per cent to near $35 a barrel on Thursday after reports said Russia's energy minister was ready to meet with Opec and Saudi Arabia to discuss a produc …

New York TimesNew Engineering Firm Called Upon to Fix Swaying Squibb Park BridgeNew York TimesPark corporation officials said Arup, the international engineering firm, would design and oversee a plan to stabilize the bridge. That will involve a retrofit th …

Cincinnati Business CourierBelcan acquiring UK-based East Kilbride Engineering ServicesStaffing Industry AnalystsEngineering consulting and staffing provider Belcan LLC will acquire UK-based East Kilbride Engineering Services, an engineering consultancy th …

The GuardianShell warns of 50% cut in profits amid plunging oil priceThe GuardianThe merger was originally proposed when global crude prices were at $55 but they have since fallen to $28 – driven down this week by expectations of even more oil coming into …

MarketWatchOil settles at 2-week low under $36 a barrelMarketWatchOil prices started 2016 with a surge on Monday morning in Asia as escalating tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran stoked concerns about a possible supply disruption. But worries about over …

CNBCCould this be the year for oil takeovers?CNBCIt comes as oil prices continue to fall amid a supply glut that has shaken energy firms across the globe. Brent crude prices are down over 33 percent over the past 12 months and were sitting around $37.17 pe …

Engineering their futureIowa NowThe senior design project for computer engineering students Alex Young (foreground), Zach Mennen (middle), and John Tollefson is to build a robot—including writing the code to make it operational—that sends high-resolution c …

BBC NewsCaernarfon engineering firm Mulcair announces 50 job lossesBBC NewsA civil engineering company in Gwynedd is going into voluntary administration, resulting in 50 workers losing their jobs. Caernarfon-based Mulcair told staff on Tuesday about the mo …