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EPA sets 2016 target for renewable fuels use at 17.4 billion gallons

U.S. regulators on Friday unveiled much-anticipated targets for the blending of renewable fuels into motor fuel for the three years to 2016, proposing some 17.4 billion gallons of renewable fuels must be used in gasoline or diesel next year. Ending years-long uncertainty about the U.S. renewable fuels policy, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday announced a proposed target that 16.3 billion gallons of renewable fuels should be mixed into

Friday, May 29: Today in Gold and Silver

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — After trading flat through the first half of the day in Far East trading, the gold price began to inch higher in afternoon trading in Hong Kong on their Thursday.  But shortly after 9 a.m. BST it was obvious that a willing seller appeared.  The low tick came in a down/up move centered around the London p.m. gold fix—and after that the price didn’t do a