HOUSTON, July 8 (Reuters) - The Texas energy industry braced for storm Beryl's impact on Monday, with threats from the intensifying weather system forcing the closure of key oil and gas shipping ports, slowing refining and prompting the evacuation of some production sites. Beryl, which national forecasters say could strengthen into a Category 2 hurricane when it makes U.S. landfall...

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Tesla shareholders will appear in court on Monday to argue that an unprecedented request for more than $7 billion in attorneys' fees to be paid by the company is outlandish, the latest twist in a legal showdown over Musk's $56 billion pay package. The record fee request was made by investor Richard Tornetta on behalf of...

WILMINGTON, Delaware, July 8 (Reuters) - Tesla shareholders will appear in court on Monday to argue that an unprecedented request for more than $7 billion in attorneys' fees to be paid by the company is outlandish, the latest twist in a legal showdown over Musk's $56 billion pay package. The record fee request was made by investor Richard Tornetta on...

NEW YORK, July 8 (Reuters) - A double whammy of record heat and hurricanes should test U.S. refiners' resilience in coming weeks, raising the risk of extremely volatile fuel prices in the middle of the peak travel season, analysts said. The Atlantic hurricane season from June through November is an annual threat for U.S. refineries. Half of the country's over...