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Trump executive order will aim to prevent states from blocking pipelines, energy infrastructure PUBLISHED TUE, APR 9 2019 • 8:02 PM EDT UPDATED WED, APR 10 2019 • 11:35 AM EDT Tom DiChristopher @TDICHRISTOPHER KEY POINTS Some states are using authority under the Clean Water Act to block fossil fuel pipelines and infrastructure.President Donald Trump will sign an executive order that seeks to limit states’ ability to delay construction.The same executive order contains several other provisions to promote energy infrastructure development. 📷 President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order to advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline at the White House in Washington January 24, 2017. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters. Reposted by Scott Shields Houston, Scott Shields Katy. President Donald Trump will issue an executive order that aims to prevent states from blocking pipelines and other energy infrastructure by using authority granted to them under the Clean ...

Unlike the author's assertion above, I have personally experienced the real problem plaguing small banks. Overhead, stagnation, slow velocity, and lack of strategy implementation abilities are caused by the stranglehold the OCC  and Fed have on this nation's small banks.  They have no such authority with credit unions.  These unchecked regulatory bodies' goals are likely altruistic, but their unchecked, unusually burdensome methods place hardships and truly common sense-defying and unsupervised constraints that ensure smaller banks remain at a serious disadvantage when compared to any other financial institution.  Please read another view below that places the largest burden on taxes.  Scott Shields Katy, Scott Shields Houston America's community banks in danger of extinction due to credit union tax loophole By Alex SanchezPublished April 01, 2019Opinion FOXBusiness - Reposted by Scott Shields Katy, Scott Shields Houston Number of banks in America is a...

SEARCH FOR: Abu Dhabi Aims To Lure Start-Ups With Investment In New Technology Hub FILE PHOTO: General view of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 3, 2019. Picture taken January 3, 2019. REUTERS/ Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo March 24, 2019 By Stanley Carvalho, reposted by Scott Shields Katy, Scott Shields Houston   Www.morganshields.com ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi will commit up to 1 billion dirhams ($272 million) to support technology start-ups, it said on Sunday, in a dedicated hub as part of efforts to diversify its economy. U.S. tech giant Microsoft will be a strategic partner, providing technology and cloud services to the businesses that join the hub as the capital of the United Arab Emirates continues its push to reduce reliance on oil revenue. Abu Dhabi derives about 50 percent of its real gross domestic product and about 90 percent of central government revenue from the hydrocarbon sector, according to ratings agency S&P. The e...

SEARCH FOR: Abu Dhabi Aims To Lure Start-Ups With Investment In New Technology Hub FILE PHOTO: General view of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, January 3, 2019. Picture taken January 3, 2019. REUTERS/ Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo March 24, 2019 By Stanley Carvalho, reposted by Scott Shields Katy, Scott Shields Houston   Www.morganshields.com ABU DHABI (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi will commit up to 1 billion dirhams ($272 million) to support technology start-ups, it said on Sunday, in a dedicated hub as part of efforts to diversify its economy. U.S. tech giant Microsoft will be a strategic partner, providing technology and cloud services to the businesses that join the hub as the capital of the United Arab Emirates continues its push to reduce reliance on oil revenue. Abu Dhabi derives about 50 percent of its real gross domestic product and about 90 percent of central government revenue from the hydrocarbon sector, according to ratings agency S&P. The emirat...

Shale drillers are cutting billions of dollars in spending, raising questions about US oil output PUBLISHED MON, MAR 11 2019 • 8:14 AM EDT | UPDATED MON, MAR 11 2019 • 11:17 AM EDT Tom DiChristopher @TDICHRISTOPHER KEY POINTS Independent shale oil drillers are cutting spending, but U.S. oil output is still expected to surge this year.Smaller publicly traded drillers are throttling back capital expenditures, while their bigger rivals are making smaller cuts on a percentage basis. Private drillers increased output in the second half of last year and could do the same again this year, Barclays warns. Robert Nickelsberg | Getty Images, reposted by Scott Shields Katy, Scott Shields Houston. The shale drillers behind booming U.S. oil and natural gas output have survived a bevy of challenges in recent years, from a historic oil price downturn to an effort by OPEC to wash them out of the market with a flood of cheap crude. Now, with U.S. output at all...