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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 4:05 pm

The major US stock indexes opened significantly lower this morning as investors reacted to the surprise loss of $2 billion by JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) disclosed by the ...
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Fitch Reviews Oil & Gas Operations and Reserves

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 1:34 pm

Fitch Ratings is out with a statistical review of operational metrics at a number of oil & gas companies. The review notes a handful of emerging trends: Finding, development, and ...
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Media Digest (5/11/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 6:50 am

Facebook’s initial public offering is already oversubscribed. (Reuters) JP Morgan (NYSE: JPM) books a $2 billion trading loss, and the figure could rise by another $1 billion. (Reuters) China’s industrial ...
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Americans View Businesses as Corrupt

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 6:49 am

Protestors in various cities around the world are “occupying” any parks and streets they can find, to some extent to protest the success of big business as it contrasts the ...
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Short Sellers Hit Sprint, Chesapeake Energy and Others

Posted: May 10, 2012 at 6:48 am

Short sellers moved aggressively into the shares of companies with weak financial prospects and stock prices. According to data from the NYSE and Nasdaq, for the period that ended April ...
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Valero May Sell Shuttered Aruba Refinery to China (VLO, PTR, DAL, HES, CHK)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 3:17 pm

In a filing yesterday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, oil refiner Valero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) said that it has accepted an offer of $350 million plus working capital ...
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MarkWest Prices Another Secondary Offering (MWE, APC, CVX, CHK, REXX)

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 10:37 am

For the second time in two months, MarkWest Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE: MWE) has launched a secondary offering of common units to support the company’s expansion plans. In March, MarkWest ...
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What’s Important in the Financial World (5/10/1012) German Export Record, Oil Drops to $97

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 6:42 am

Oil has passed $97 on its way down to what some analysts believe will be $90 or less. That would be a reset of more than 15% over two months. ...
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Media Digest (5/9/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 6:32 am

Coalition talks in Greece are unlikely to create a new government, raising the chance Greece could leave the eurozone. (Reuters) GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) will launch a takeover of Human Genome ...
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Corporate Governance Spreads To Yahoo!, Green Mountain, Chesapeake

Posted: May 9, 2012 at 6:27 am

Corporate governance, which is a subject often debated but usually in abstract, has moved to the front pages. Patti Hart, the Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) director who was in charge of ...
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Chesapeake’s Largest Shareholder Gets More Aggressive (CHK)

Posted: May 7, 2012 at 2:40 pm

Southeastern Asset Management, Inc. is getting aggressive against Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK).  This is no ordinary shareholder either: it is the largest listed shareholder.  The new filing shows some ...
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Major Reactions As Crude Marches Down Through $100/Barrel (USO, OIH, AMJ, XOM, CVX, SLB, BHI, RIG, NOV, VLO, CHK)

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 12:24 pm

It was just a couple of days ago that oil was trading around $105 per barrel for West Texas Intermediate crude. Now the talk has migrated away from geopolitical risks associated ...
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Media Digest (5/4/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 6:30 am

Facebook sets its IPO to raise more than $10 billion. (Reuters) The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) files suit against Walmart (NYSE: WMT) over bribery allegations in Mexico. (Reuters) ...
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Chesapeake Faces SEC Inquiry, As Does Chairman & CEO (CHK)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 4:12 pm

Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) has confirmed what many investors probably should have been expecting in relation to the recent CEO double-dip dealing of Aubrey McClendon.  Chesapeake issued a notice ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (CHK, LVLT, QCOM, CRM, DSX, COCO, APA, WNR, YRCW, SHOO, SRE, SLE, RGLD, OWW, GM, MGM, AES, LNG, DUK, EL, PGR, WPO, GMCR, KNSY, HLF)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 4:08 pm

The major US stock indexes opened mostly flat this morning following a softer-than-expected report from the Institute for Supply Management on non-manufacturing growth (our coverage here). The report on new ...
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