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November 10, 2009
NRG in offshore wind group deal
...development business, underlining the trend by utilities to invest in renewable energy. NRG bought the business from Babcock & Brown and Arcadia Windpower with cash on hand, for an undisclosed amount. Bluewater is working on more than seven offshore projects...Peter Mandelstam, will remain president of Bluewater and will serve as head of NRG's offshore wind development efforts. Sheila McNulty, Houston By Sheila McNulty
November 10, 2009
NRG in offshore wind group deal
...development business, underlining the trend by utilities to invest in renewable energy. NRG bought the business from Babcock & Brown and Arcadia Windpower with cash on hand, for an undisclosed amount. Bluewater is working on more than seven offshore projects...joining with NRG, Bluewater will enhance its access to capital for the development and construction of these projects. Sheila McNulty, Houston By Sheila McNulty
January 19, 2006
Sheila Jordan, Ronnie Scott's, London
American vocalist Sheila Jordan, 77, still delivers her slightly off-the-wall, knowing vocalese with wit and style. With the support of a...her announcements - "thank you for coming out to support your grandmother" - to her choice of material - the late Oscar Brown Jnr's lyrics detailing the humour of everyday life on "Dat Dere" and "Hum Drum Blues". Her improvisations are melodic... By Mike Hobart
May 27, 2009
Ireland's eurosceptic faces difficult questions
...eurosceptic Libertas party is asked as he canvasses a Galway housing estate before next month's European parliament elections. Sheila O'Brien, a housewife, wants to know whether, if elected, he will live in Brussels. "That's where the parliament...O'Brien's first question - "are you a power-seeking man?" - be put to the test. A void to fill, Page 11 Gordon Brown, Page 13 By John Murray Brown
May 28, 2009
Number of banks at risk to rise again
...the banking industry still faces tremendous challenges and that, going forward, asset quality remains a major concern," Sheila Bair, who chairs the FDIC, said yesterday. "Bank failures continued to mount and they will continue to do so." The...loans in the first quarter, as the number of loans at least 90 days past due hit the highest level since 1991. Richard Brown, FDIC chief economist, said a second wave of losses could strike as commercial property loans deteriorated. Dick Bove... By Sarah O'Connor in Washington
May 27, 2009
Number of US banks at risk to rise again
...banking industry still faces tremendous challenges and that, going forward, asset quality remains a major concern,” Sheila Bair, who chairs the FDIC, said on Wednesday. “Bank failures continued to mount and they will continue to do so...on loans in the first quarter, as the number of loans at least 90 days past due hit the highest level since 1991. Richard Brown, FDIC chief economist, said a second wave of losses could strike as commercial property loans deteriorated. “That probably... By Sarah O’Connor in Washington
June 21, 2008
Shell delays Alaska drilling for a year amid court challenge
...environmentalists who say regulators should not have approved the project because of risks to whales and other marine animals, Sheila McNulty reports from Houston . Shell's decision comes amid a national debate over drilling in the US. This week John McCain...just consider . . . really silly and foolish conditions," said Kevin Shaw, a partner focusing on energy matters for Mayer Brown law firm. Shell said it would continue to prepare to drill, with a new timeline of 2009. By Sheila McNulty in Houston
July 26, 2008
A small-town capital
...of any Texas city and by far the most diverse,” says Pat Brown, who owns a property company. Everyone is welcome...to be, sipping an iced tea in the quiet of the afternoon. Sheila McNulty is the FT’s US energy correspondent, based in Houston...tel: +1 512-633 3011, www.curlepremierteam.com Pat Brown & Company, tel: +1 512-479 0801, www.patbrown.com... By Sheila McNulty
July 26, 2008
A small-town capital
...gives the town its charm. "Austin is by far the most tolerant of any Texas city and by far the most diverse,"says Pat Brown, who owns a property company. Everyone is welcome here - a fact that has made Austin, a community of just 709,893 people...hidden just under the trees, I cannot think of a better place to be, sipping an iced tea in the quiet of the afternoon. Sheila McNulty is the FT's US energy correspondent, based in Houston By Sheila McNulty
September 4, 2009
The Threadneedle award at the Mall Galleries
...established names, and ranging from a two-metre crocheted upright brown bear by Shauna Richardson to Louise Balaam’s tiny, luscious...the best take on it here is another shortlisted painting, Sheila Wallis’s curled-up nude “Self-portrait” on a bed of dirty rumpled...space and suggests life beyond. ‘Self-portrait’ by Sheila Wallis John Currin’s shrill, elongated harpies are another... By Jackie Wullschlager