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Top Earnings Previews for Wednesday (AGN, AOL, GRMN, GG, JDSU, MET, NWS-A, PCG, TSLA, TWX, RIG, VG, WFMI)

Posted: May 3, 2011 at 3:56 pm

This week marks the beginning of the end of corporate earnings season for the first quarter of 2011.  Many off-calendar quarters will be seen starting next week or the week ...
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Schlumberger Earnings, Revenues Fall Short; BP Sues Halliburton (SLB, WFT, HAL, BHI, BP, RIG, CAM)

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 9:20 am

Bad weather in North America and Australia, political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, and a slow return to drilling in the US Gulf of Mexico have all ...
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Media Digest (4/21/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 21, 2011 at 4:08 am

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) earnings surpassed expectations and the company said iPad 2 units were backlogged (Reuters) BP plc (NYSE: BP) sued Transocean (NYSE: RIG) for $40 to cover costs related ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: April 20 Companies With The Worst News

Posted: April 20, 2011 at 10:10 am

Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) took a big hit in the news as shareholders sued over Sokol trades in Lubrizol. American Electric Power and NRG both pulled bad press over ...
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Media Digest (4/6/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: April 6, 2011 at 3:54 am

The SEC has a plan to lower market volatility (Reuters) A re-balancing of the Nasdaq 100 cuts Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) influence on the index (Reuters) John Chambers, the head of ...
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The 24/7 Wall St./Flame Index: April 5 The Companies With The Most Bad News

Posted: April 5, 2011 at 10:00 am

Note: The Flame Index scans thousands of news sites 24 hours per day and ranks companies getting the most negative press right now. The Flame Index Media Analysis Algorithm crunches ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (UHAL, ATML, BBBY, EXH, FORM, IHS, LEAP, NKE, QCOM, RDN, S, TGT, TGB, TXM, RIG)

Posted: March 21, 2011 at 8:22 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. AMERCO Inc. (NASDAQ: UHAL) Raised to Outperform as Bull of ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (CQP, DYN, ESV, FNSR, IBKR, LULU, MOS, BKU, POT, STP, RIG, TRIB, UNFI, WEN)

Posted: March 9, 2011 at 8:05 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Wednesday morning. Cheniere Energy Partners LP. (AMEX: CQP) Raised to Hold at ...
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US Gulf of Mexico Opens for More Deepwater Drilling (NBL, ESV, HLX, NE, DO, RIG, CVX)

Posted: March 1, 2011 at 11:23 am

Two weeks ago, Federal Judge Martin Feldman told the Obama administration to act within 30 days on a number of drilling permits for the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. The Bureau ...
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Offshore Drilling May Not Be as Strong as Expected (ESV, PDE, RIG, BP, WOPEY, DO, PBR)

Posted: February 7, 2011 at 1:07 pm

Today's announcement of a definitive merger agreement between Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) and Pride International Inc. (NYSE: PDE) is the first major deal among offshore drillers since the Macondo well ...
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BP Had 360 Problems On Deepwater Horizon

Posted: August 24, 2010 at 6:23 am

Employees of BP plc (NYSE: BP) said that they had found 360 problems related to overdue maintenance on the Deepwater Horizon rig, according to an investigation  by the US Coast ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (ARO, AEO, APEI, AWR, ADSK, CECO, COCO, DV, KLIC, RTP, RIG)

Posted: August 6, 2010 at 8:15 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning: Aeropostale, Inc. (NYSE: ARO) Cut to Market Perform at Wells ...
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Media Digest 8/5/2010 Reuters, WSJ, NYTimes, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: August 5, 2010 at 4:02 am

Reuters:   Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) has objected to giving the government advanced notice of its dealings with oil companies on major projects. Reuters:   Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will take on Facebook ...
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Tony Hayward’s Firing At BP: The Ghost Of Former CEO Lord Browne

Posted: July 26, 2010 at 5:33 am

BP plc's (NYSE: BP) CEO Tony Hayward, who is about to be sacked by the big oil company, has only been in his position for about two years. That raises ...
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Fitch, BP, and Friends: Downgrade To Panic (BP, RIG, APC, HAL)

Posted: June 16, 2010 at 7:20 am

Fitch is generally considered third fiddle in a two-agency dominated game of debt ratings behind Moody's and Standard & Poor's.  But a 'timely' downgrade out of Fitch on BP plc ...
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