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BusinessWeek January 16, 2006 Gene G. Marcial	Eager Eyes On Anadarko? With ConocoPhillips' acquisition of Burlington Resources in December - following Chevron's (CVX ) purchase of Unocal in August - some savvy pros are pointing to Anadarko Petroleum as the next likely oil target.
The Motley Fool January 6, 2006 Robert Aronen	Russia's Gas Weapon Russia and Ukraine's natural gas dispute shows the tenuous connections among world energy markets. Investors should take that into account before buying shares of an emerging market player.
The Motley Fool January 6, 2006 Robert Aronen	Still Waiting for the Refinery With gas prices dropping to pre-Katrina levels, the need for additional refining capacity is no longer headline news. What has been happening while gas prices were falling? Do refining companies, trading with P/E ratios near 10, still represent a decent value?
The Motley Fool January 5, 2006 Brian Gorman	Alternative Energy Gains Political Power Russia and Ukraine's gas tussle could benefit some alternative energy companies. One should note that the U.S. has its own potential energy issue in its strained relationship with Venezuela. Smart investors should be ready to exploit this trend.
IEEE Spectrum January 2006 William Sweet	Get-Rich-Quick Scheme ConsumerPowerline, a four-year-old New York company, is showing its clients how to make money, and quite a lot of it, by not using electricity.
IEEE Spectrum January 2006 John Boyd	Tokyo Power Quake-Proofs Its Grid Control System By maintaining an attitude of vigilant preparedness, Japan's Tepco is able to deal with the expected and unexpected and keep its power lines humming almost all the time.
The Motley Fool December 30, 2005 W.D. Crotty	Clean Coal Cranks Up KFX brings its first commercial facility into production. Investors have liked the story and have placed a $1.2 billion market capitalization on the stock -- even though the company, before now, has not generated a dime from the commercial production of its cleaner K-Fuel.
The Motley Fool December 30, 2005 Rich Smith	Free Gas After years of speculation, Russian President Vladimir Putin finally signed a law allowing, for the first time ever, foreign investors to buy as many shares of Gazprom as they like. Chances are, they'll like to buy a lot. Here's why.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Calpine Bows to the Inevitable Bankruptcy may give this independent power company a second chance, but today's shareholders will get hosed.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2005 Vitaliy Katsenelson	National Grid's Boring Little Secret This company may be in a dull sector, but its monopoly status in the U.K. gives it an electrifying leg up. However, the stock has little, if any, margin of safety.
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