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Chesapeake Plans to Shed More Assets

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 2:27 pm

Natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) has reportedly struck a deal to sell about 504,000 net acres of leasehold in the northern part of the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) basin, ...
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Chesapeake Gas Well Blow-out in Wyoming Leads to Evacuations (CHK, CEO, HAL)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 2:21 pm

About 70 people have been evacuated from an area within a 5-mile radius of a natural gas well about 10 miles northeast of Douglas, Wyoming, has been leaking mud and ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AIG, RATE, CMA, CEO, CREE, DECK, FSLR, INTC, IBM, SAP, TROW, TTM, UAL)

Posted: April 18, 2012 at 8:13 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. American International Group Inc. (NYSE: AIG) Raised to Outperform at William ...
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Sinopec Profit Rises as Company Moves Upstream (SNP, CEO)

Posted: March 26, 2012 at 1:44 pm

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., commonly called Sinopec, (NYSE: SNP) reported a 2% profit gain for the 2011 fiscal year, even though the company has been hampered by a government-imposed ...
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Chesapeake’s CEO Shopping for New Owners (CHK, CEO, TOT, CQP)

Posted: March 12, 2012 at 11:16 am

Cheseapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) CEO Aubrey McClendon laid it on the line in an interview with Bloomberg News: We are presently owned by a group of investors who don’t ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (BRCD, CAB, CHK, CEO, EXM, HPQ, JNPR, LVLT, ERIC, MELI, PTR, POOL, TJX, VVUS)

Posted: February 23, 2012 at 8:25 am

These are some of this Thursday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: BRCD) Reiterated Hold at Argus. Cabela's, Inc. ...
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BP Loses Deal in Argentina, But Doesn’t Care (BP, CEO, APC, RIG, HAL, CAM)

Posted: November 7, 2011 at 11:03 am

It isn’t every day that a $7.1 billion deal falls through. Even rarer is a seller’s reaction that amounts to, “What, me worry?” But that’s what occurred over the weekend ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AGU, AEM, AXP, AMR, BHP, COF, CMG, SNP, CEO, JNY, ERIC, PTR, RVBD, SODA, SON, SWC, WRB)

Posted: October 4, 2011 at 8:27 am

These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen having an impact from Wall Street research calls.  Despite the weakness, there are still upgrades taking place. ...
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The Great Shale Gas Opportunity in China For Outsiders (BHI, HAL, SLB, NOV, CHK, DVN, SNP, CEO, PTR, RDS-A, CVX, BP)

Posted: September 26, 2011 at 10:17 am

The boom in US natural gas drilling resulting from the technological advances of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing is beginning to spread to the rest of the world. In some ...
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States Losing the Most Jobs to China

Posted: September 22, 2011 at 4:42 am

China is taking American jobs, labor unions, politicians and economists, have accused for some time. The logic is simple. While a manufacturing job in the U.S. may pay $50 an ...
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China to Begin Serious Hunt for Shale Gas (SNP, PTR, CEO, RDS-A, CVX, BP, STO, HAL, SLB, BHI, NOV, DVN, CHK)

Posted: August 30, 2011 at 11:35 am

None of China's three largest oil companies is having a particularly good year as far as refining profits go. China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (NYSE: SNP) -- known as Sinopec ...
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Oil Spill Lessons: Boom for Environmental and Clean-Up Outfits (NLC, CLH, NR, XOM, COP, CEO, RDS-A, TRP, ECL)

Posted: August 16, 2011 at 9:20 am

Companies that provide the tools and services to clean up oil spills made the news following last year's disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Speciality chemical companies that make the ...
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Another Oil Sands Producer Acquired by China (CEO, SNP, COP, TOT, PTR, CHK)

Posted: July 20, 2011 at 9:57 am

Another day, another energy acquisition by a Chinese firm. This time its Cnooc Ltd. (NYSE: CEO) putting out about $2.1 billion for Toronto-traded Canadian oil sands developer Opti Canada. In ...
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Chinese Accounting Woes Move Up To Large Caps (ACH, AA, CEO, CHU, RENN, LFT, ABAT, CCME, SHZ)

Posted: May 25, 2011 at 10:53 am

Can any accounting out of China be trusted?  This is what prudent investors have to start asking themselves.  Since early this year a new report comes out nearly every week ...
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Anadarko Sells Assets to Korean National Oil Company (APC, CHK, BHP, CEO)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 12:22 pm

Anadarko Petroleum Co. (NYSE: APC) has agreed to sell a stake in its Eagle Ford shale play to the Korean National Oil Company, KNOC, for $1.55 billion. KNOC's investment gives ...
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