ENERGY

Market professionals will analyze the minutes for further clues as to whether the Fed's first rate hike is more likely to occur at its June or September meeting.

Market professionals await the start of first-quarter earnings season, with aluminum producer Alcoa reporting quarterly results Wednesday.

The deal allows 5,000 centrifuges to continue to spin enriched uranium at Natanz, the country’s main nuclear facility.

Fewer Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, dropping to a nine-week low.

Economists will be eyeing weekly jobless claims data Thursday to gauge the health of the U.S. labor market ahead of Friday's jobs report.

Fewer jobs were created in the private sector last month as employment rose by 189,000 jobs, below expectations of 225,000.

The EU imports about half of its gas from Russia, of which, about 40 percent comes from pipelines running through Ukraine.

The downward revision comes after economic growth smashed expectations in the third quarter after GDP grew 5 percent.

The test project is part of a slow and steady push by U.S. regulators and developers to move America's wind energy into the water.

U.S. businesses spent less on investment for a sixth straight month, causing concerns that a strong dollar will weigh on corporate profits ahead of earnings season.

The deal requires Jordan to buy fuel from Rosatom for the reactors for 10 years.

Global commodity prices such as oil are usually quoted in dollars and are likely to fall when the greenback is strong.

The state got 5 percent of its electricity from large-scale solar power systems last year, the highest amount any state has ever seen.

Factory activity in China, the world's second-largest economy and top oil importer, slipped in March.

Abundant rainfall in the first 75 days of this year allowed Costa Rica to run almost entirely on carbon-free hydroelectric power.

Brent crude settled at $55.32 a barrel Friday, about half of what it was selling for in the summer of 2013.

The astronomical event occurred in the early morning, when solar panels typically generate only a little electricity anyway.

“Investors woke up today and realized not a lot has really changed from the Fed’s previous stance."

China, the world’s second-largest oil consumer, has been stockpiling cheap crude for months. That’s over, for now.

A monetary policy statement from the Fed, set for 2 p.m. EDT today, could offer hints of an expected hike in interest rates.

Many have protested the government’s plan to relaunch the country’s nuclear energy program following the Fukushima disaster.