Natural gas spewed uncontrolled from a well of the Louisiana coast on July 23 after a blowout that forced the evacuation of 44 workers aboard a drilling rig, authorities said. No injuries were reported in the midmorning blowout and there …
A growing number of U.S. cities are choosing to fund essential services like public safety and garbage collection over making payments on their outstanding debt, as rising costs and falling revenue deplete their budgets. So far, the bond defaults are …
In an early test of “say-on-pay” voting, a shareholder sued Hercules Offshore Inc. directors and top executives, demanding that they return big pay increases that shareholders voted against. At last month’s shareholder meeting, 59 percent of Hercules’ shareholders voted against …
