Agencies pledge science-based policy in Arctic developmentThe head of President Obama's working group on Alaska energy development says the federal government will bring a renewed effort to incorporating science in Arctic policy decisions.
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Audit takes a new dig at Native contracting programThe debate over the sole source contracting privileges that Alaska Native corporations have used to make billions of dollars is flaring in Congress with a new government audit that found…
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Alaska Senate plans generic oil tax bill to start processThe Alaska Senate is planning to unveil a generic oil tax bill this week, leaving to the committee process the job of finding problems in the proposal and working out…
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BP reports strong profits, hikes dividend despite oil spillLess than two years ago, the British oil company BP was worried about its very survival as a seemingly unstoppable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico threatened to destroy…
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Tuesday's oil, gas, gold, zinc pricesNorth Slope oil: $116.91 per barrel, up $3.00…
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Homer business's nets are quite a catchIt's been 17 years since Matt Alward did his first for-hire work on nets. Today, Alward owns and operates Bulletproof Nets and, with the help of an eight-10 person crew,
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BP gives $1 million for UAA lab to study metals corrosionBP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. announced Monday that it will donate $1 million to the University of Alaska Anchorage to help create a lab to study the effects of corrosion on…
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Today's oil, gas, gold, zinc pricesNorth Slope oil: $113.91 per barrel, down $0.93…
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Heartless manager may be corporate psychopathFour months ago I was on top of the world. My business had just been bought by an Alaska Native corporation, giving me enough money to retire and my small…
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Conventions and conferencesArea events…
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Business meetings, seminars, eventsBusiness related events scheduled around Alaska…
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Shell still hopes to drill this summer in Arctic watersIt's the billion-dollar question in Alaska for 2012: Will this be the year Shell Oil begins large-scale offshore exploratory drilling in Arctic waters? Two months into 2012, the oil giant…
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Parnell backs change in DNR mission statementAlaskans were surprised to learn that a new and very different mission statement has been adopted by the Department of Natural Resources. Questions about the mission shift dominated a recent…
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New construction affirms city's economic growthNew buildings seem to be popping up all over town. They're physical proof of the strength of the Anchorage economy. New construction, particularly speculative construction, happens when an economy is…
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Forecast sees 3.3 percent rise in spending on constructionOfficials anticipate an increase in construction spending this year in Alaska.
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Friday's oil, gas, gold, zinc pricesNorth Slope oil: $114.84 per barrel, up $5.33…
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Alaska construction spending should increase, report saysA forecast from the Institute of Social and Economic Research at the University of Alaska Anchorage says construction spending should be $7.7 billion in Alaska this year, up 3.3 percent…
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US unemployment rate drops to 8.3 percent after hiring burstEmployers added a better-than-expected 243,000 non-farm payroll jobs in January and the unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent, the government said today in a report that put an exclamation point…
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Thursday's oil, gas, gold, zinc pricesNorth Slope oil: $109.51 per barrel, down $1.25…
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Fairbanks utility to refund millions of dollars in overchargesFairbanks Sewer and Water has agreed to pay $4.5 million in customer refunds for setting rates too high the last decade.
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From founders to decorators, Facebook stock will enrich manyThe graffiti artist who took Facebook stock instead of cash for painting the walls of the social network's first headquarters made a smart bet. His shares should be worth upward…
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