Last year was a good year for oil and gas stocks, but unless a company had a refining and marketing operation, it was not a great year. Share prices rose ... Read Full Story »
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) and Warren Buffett released the conglomerate's stock holdings as of March 31, 2013. This 13F filing with the SEC shows that the company's total equity ... Read Full Story »
With West Texas Intermediate crude holding above $90 and the price of natural gas back over the $4 handle for the first time in years, U.S. oil-field services stocks finally have ... Read Full Story »
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning after hearing that U.S. GDP growth in the first quarter came in at 2.5%, well below the expected 3.1% (more coverage here). U.S. ... Read Full Story »
National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NYSE: NOV) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The oil field services and drill rig technology firm posted adjusted diluted earnings per share ... Read Full Story »
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following a report on U.S. unemployment that was better than analysts expected (more coverage here). There were literally hundreds of U.S. companies reporting ... Read Full Story »
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), more than one-third (35.7%) of all adults in the United States are obese. Obesity-related medical conditions include heart attack, stroke, type-2 diabetes ... Read Full Story »
We have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 28 in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI); BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy ... Read Full Story »
We have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 15 in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy ... Read Full Story »
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B, BRK-A) and Warren Buffett may have surprised the markets with the $28 billion purchase of H.J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ), but there is another look ... Read Full Story »
We have tracked the key short interest changes as of January 31 in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy ... Read Full Story »
In the energy sector, 2012 was the year of the refiner. Stock prices appreciated at least 80% for most of them, while the supermajor integrated companies were only able to ... Read Full Story »
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning on the heels of a solid report on U.S. nonfarm payrolls, which rose less than expected but on top of a large upward ... Read Full Story »
National Oilwell Varco Inc. (NYSE: NOV) reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. For the quarter, the oil field services and drill rig technology firm posted ... Read Full Story »
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following a mixed bag of data on the U.S. economy and mixed earnings results out this morning. In Europe, Germany’s retail sales fell ... Read Full Story »