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Xcel energy Inc. said Friday the price of natural gas in August will be more than 100 percent higher than it was a year ago, prompting the utility to request increased rates for the commodity.

Baylor Health Care System (BHCS) and MediSend cooperate in a first-mover humanitarian initiative in response to the dire need for skilled biomedical technicians in developing country hospitals. BHCS is providing professional internships to MediSend trainees. (PRWeb Jul 18, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1115004.htm

Sunoco's new leader, Lynn Laverty Elsenhans, will face many challenges when she leaves her Houston-based position running global refining for Royal Dutch Shell and heads to the Philadelphia-based independent refiner, an analyst said Friday.

A Houston company wants to build a 95-mile-long high-voltage transmission line from the Beaumont area to bring electricity to feed the rapidly growing Houston market.

The price of oil recorded its biggest weekly drop ever, and a gallon of gas finally pulled back from its record high. So is it time to declare the energy bubble popped? Experts won't go that far just yet.