Wall Street was higher on Monday as prices of crude oil and other commodities surged, pointing to an uptick in investors' risk appetite following a rout in global markets. Crude prices were up more than 5 percent after data showed a fall in…

As the debate over climate change rages on — with some fervently believing we need to curb our fossil fuel usage, while others think it is a global hoax — there’s one thing we know for certain: South Texas has plenty of wind. And harnessing…

World stocks rose sharply on Monday as China's central bank fixed the yuan at a much stronger rate and oil cemented recent gains, easing fears of global deflation.  The rally belied a string of poor economic data from Beijing and Tokyo as…

At its basic level the price of oil is a product of supply and demand. Other factors such as political turmoil can influence it but the main factor is supply and demand. At times and especially now oil is viewed as a proxy for the global economy,…