There are a number of supercomputers in place across the country - you just can't get to them unless you're an employee or faculty member of the right institution.

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CHESAPEAKE NEW CEO

Wall Street praises Chesapeake's tapping Anadarko exec as new CEO

By ADAM WILMOTH NewsOK.com

Chesapeake Energy Corp. shares jumped nearly 3 percent Monday after the Oklahoma City-based company tapped Anadarko Petroleum executive Robert Douglas Lawler as its new CEO.

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ENERGY

International leaders in energy come to Tulsa as part of national tour

By KYLE ARNOLD World Staff Writer

It's no coincidence that a group of visitors from across the globe are asking the same kinds of questions about energy that are dominating discussions about U.S. energy policy.

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ENERGY

PSO seeks officials' OK on plan to phase out 2 coal units near Oologah

By PAUL MONIES NewsOK.com

Calling it an "Oklahoma solution" that uses state-produced energy resources, representatives of Tulsa-based utility Public Service Co. of Oklahoma urged environmental officials Monday to approve a plan that phases out its last two coal units at a power plant near Oologah by 2026.

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Survey of economists predicts U.S. economic growth

By Associated Press

Consumer spending is likely to pick up this year, while government spending declines at a faster rate, according to a survey of business economists.

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Tech Test: Toshiba brings Retina-level high-res screen to Windows

By PETER SVENSSON Associated Press

Last year, Apple added a visually stunning option to its MacBooks: screens with ultra-high resolution.

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A year after IPO, Facebook aims to be ad colossus

By BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press

It was supposed to be our IPO, the people's public offering.

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Yahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1 billion in mostly cash

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press

Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet pioneer that had fallen behind the times.

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Congressional probe finds billions in untaxed Apple profits

By LAURA LITVAN Bloomberg News

Apple Inc. has created a web of offshore entities to avoid paying billions of dollars in U.S. taxes, including three foreign subsidiaries the company says have no home country for tax purposes, congressional investigators say.

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Disaster drills slated for Tulsa airport Tuesday

By Staff Reports

Tulsa International Airport will be the home to disaster drills Tuesday beginning at 9 a.m. The drills are designed to prepare responders for an emergency event on the airport property and will feature 22 agencies and organizations, including police departments, fire departments and airlines.

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Judge dismisses charge against ex BP exec in Gulf Oil spill

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press

A federal judge on Monday dismissed one of the two counts in the indictment of a former BP executive who was charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil that was leaking from the company's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

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Energy firms join up to push for stricter drilling standards in Marcellus Shale

By AP Wire Service

Andrew Place once planted 5,500 trees on his 210-acre Greene County farm, adding native hardwoods to expand the habitat of a rare salamander.

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United resumes Boeing 787 flights after 3-month grounding

By THOMAS BLACK & MARY JANE CREDEUR Bloomberg News

Boeing Co.'s 787 Dreamliner is poised to clear another hurdle in restoring its image as United Airlines, the only U.S. operator, resumes flights after the jet's lithium-ion battery flaws forced a three-month grounding.

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