Valero Energy Corporation

Initial inspections of the Gulf Coast's extensive energy complex confirmed Tuesday that Hurricane Gustav was nowhere near as destructive as Katrina and Rita three years ago, but resumption of production and refining may be a few days away, or more. Oil...

Hurricane Gustav's threat to the Gulf Coast halted about 15 percent of U.S. refining capacity yesterday, though for now prices at the pump have not risen dramatically. However, analysts and others say a prolonged disruption in refining operations could...

Oil prices fell sharply Monday as weather forecasters said Hurricane Gustav was weakening as it advanced toward Louisiana. A stronger dollar also helped reverse the course for oil prices, which had risen by nearly $3 a barrel earlier in the session....

Wall Street posted a big advance after the government reported a larger-than-expected increase in orders for big-ticket manufactured goods that indicated the economy is stronger than many investors thought. The Commerce Department said orders for durable...

Gold and oil, long considered the most specialized of vehicles, are capturing the attention of mainstream American investors in 2008. With gold trading about $900 an ounce, crude oil more than $130 a barrel and nonstop anxieties encircling the globe,...

The winner of the Maryland Congressional Delegation Investment-Picking Contest, held annually in this space since 2003, "just got lucky" last year, his spokeswoman suggests. Don't believe it. Congressman Roscoe G. Bartlett, the great-grandfather,...

Gold and oil, long considered the most specialized of vehicles, are capturing the attention of mainstream American investors in 2008. With gold trading above $900 an ounce, crude oil more than $130 a barrel and non-stop anxieties continuing to encircle...

Gold and oil, long considered the most specialized of vehicles, are capturing the attention of mainstream American investors in 2008. With gold trading above $900 an ounce, crude oil more than $130 a barrel and non-stop anxieties continuing to encircle...

•A story in Tuesday's Metro section about the reinstatement of a $120 million judgment against the company that owned a former oil refinery incorrectly referred to the company, Texas-based Valero Energy Corp., as "now shuttered." It is the former...

A $120 million judgment against owners of the former Clark Oil refinery was reinstated Monday when the Illinois appeals court reversed a Cook County judge's unusual decision to dissolve the class-action suit after a verdict was reached. "The judicial...

Q: I don't know what to think of my shares of Alcatel-Lucent SA. I would like to know if there is hope for the future. -- R.V., via the Internet A: Can this marriage be saved? French firm Alcatel bought U.S.-based Lucent late last year for $11.6 billion...

Crude-oil futures briefly dipped below $60 a barrel on Monday, then rebounded in a sign that the recent free-fall may be nearing an end. Natural gas futures continued to sink amid record U.S. supplies, settling at a three-year low. The average retail...