It may seem counterintuitive, but six of the world's biggest oil and gas producers claim they want a price on carbon ... and they want it now.

U.S. Global Resources Fund Manager Brian Hicks shares the names of the juniors that could benefit from the current volatility.

Jim Chanos, founder of the Kynikos Associates hedgefund, stated that he is shorting Royal Dutch Shell and BG Group stock, because of the disappointing outlook for LNG producers.

Shell’s move is the first shot fired in what’s sure to be an all-out merger and acquisition (M&A) war.

Ever since the acquisition of BG (BRGYY) by Shell (RDS-A), takeovers in the energy sector are a hot topic: when will the next merger be?

Considered one of the big six global energy giants, British Petroleum or BP Plc (NYSE: BP) is an integrated energy and chemicals company with a market capitalization of just over GBP 82 billion.

This little known MLP just provided guidance that almost guarantees a 24% yearly return for the next half decade or longer. That could turn every $1,000 invested into a whopping $2,963.21 in just five short years.

While US equity futures are largely unchanged, if only ahead of the now daily pre-open market-wide ramp, things in Asia have continued on their bubbly flurry, where China's Shanghai Composite briefly rose above 4000 for the first time since 2008.

The U.S. dollar has given back most of yesterday's gains though the euro has been unable to resurface above $1.09. The uptrend that marked most of Q1 has morphed into what appears to be a range affair.

The Australian oil and gas industry is dominated by a series of big investments in new liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. Our industry is building seven new LNG projects, costing $240 billion ($240B).

The Fed spiked the punchbowl instead of removing it and Wall Street roared ahead. It did this by not specifying more clearly when interest rates will start to rise.

Today we consider a way to play cheap fuel prices which directly offsets one of our oil plays. Plus, we plan to take the train. And we report on global energy, pharma and food stock happenings.

While trading was up by volume by about 4% y-o-y, it rose 18% by value to $1.8 trillion, barely more than the new issues volume. Almost all the increase was in London where the most traded DR in the world has its home.

The multinational merger mania continues apace with a new higher Pfizer bid for Astra Zeneca of Britain, based in part of tax benefits to PFE, and AT&T shifting its global assets to better its chances with its bid for NexTV,

Alibaba note 2: Tencent for $187 mn has bought 11% of the Shenzhen-listed shares of NavInfo, a maker of mobile map aps. There are rumors it will buy the rest and block Baidu's access, just as Alibaba has blocked its dealing with larger rival AutoNavi. TCTZF shares are up 6%+ on the news.

Wall Street is up and rising to highs. At reader insistence I am making further 2014 forecasts today