This has created a favorable environment for firms like EnCap to cash out on assets. In June, the private equity firm sold some shale assets of XCL Resources for about $2 billion. Reuters reported in January that the firm planned to sell Grayson Mill, a major Bakken-focused energy producer in North Dakota, Montana, and the Powder River Basin
The latest people news in the industry today. Chubb Limited announced several executive appointments within its North American general insurance business. John Lupica, previously Vice Chairman, Chubb Group and President, North America Insurance, was named Executive Chairman. Juan Luis Ortega, formerly Executive Vice President, Chubb Group and President, Overseas General Insurance, will succeed Lupica as
Ava Community Energy recently announced that former COO and renewable energy expert, Howard Chang, has stepped in as the regional power supplier’s new CEO following the departure of founding CEO Nick Chaset. Ava Community Energy has named renewable energy expert and former COO Howard Chang as the agency’s new CEO. (Photo courtesy of Ava) As
State Senator Craig Wilcox (R-McHenry) is partnering with the Illinois Treasurer’s Office on July 17 to connect residents of McHenry and Lake Counties with more than $5 billion in unclaimed property and cash. From 10:00 AM until 1:00 PM on Wednesday, July 17, attendees can meet with a counselor from the Treasurer’s Office at the
2008 Olympic All-Around Champion Nastia Liukin. Emily Blair Media We all love to discuss the Olympic Games: the athletes, their triumphs and their losses, their strengths and weaknesses. Their successes seem to affect us. Their failures can rattle –even, anger us. But few can truly speak from the perspective of an Olympic athlete. Nastia Liukin
The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the Micro-Grant for Food Security Program. This is the fourth year of the grant program, which provides support for small-scale gardening, herding and livestock operations to increase the quantity and quality of locally grown food in food-insecure communities. In 2023, grant money was awarded to
In this episode of our Cross-Border Catch-Up podcast series, Diana Nehro (shareholder, New York/Boston) and Carlos G. Colόn-Machargo (of counsel, Atlanta) discuss common employment practices that may trigger “permanent establishment” tax obligations abroad. Carlos and Diana, who is chair of the firm’s Cross-Border Practice Group, provide an overview of issues to consider when engaging workers (including contractors)
Héctor Abruña, the Émile M. Chamot Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is among the winners of the 2024 Global Energy Prize, which recognizes outstanding achievements in scientific and technical research and development in the field of energy. The other recipients this year are
A gold investment could make sense in today’s economic climate, but you’ll want to avoid certain assets, experts say. Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images The price of gold has hit several new milestones in 2024, the most recent of which was a new record high of $2,435 per ounce in late May. Although the price of gold
With an impressive show so far this year, the S&P 500’s Information technology sector (NYSEARCA:XLK) clocked an 8.32% gain in the last three months, making itself the highest outperformer compared to the broader market. The artificial intelligence frenzy led a bull run in tech stocks, with investors rallying on the demand for data driven storage