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After the Fall: Value in Oil Stocks (XOM, CVX, BP, SLB, HAL, BHI, VLO, MPC, TSO, OIH, XOP)

Posted: May 22, 2012 at 11:11 am

The month-long slide in crude oil prices has chopped the share price of many of the biggest names in the oil patch. Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) is about -4% ...
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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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Baker Hughes, Weatherford Continue Winning Streak for Oilfield Services Companies (BHI, WFT, HAL, SLB, NOV, CHK, OIH)

Posted: April 24, 2012 at 12:58 pm

The oilfield services companies are on a roll. Well, sort of. Expectations had been lowered so much coming into this earnings season that every one is able to clear the ...
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Schlumberger Escapes The Earnings Hangman (SLB, OIH)

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 6:23 am

Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB) has managed to beat earnings and probably put some fears to rest in the oil services businesses.  Many key companies in this sector have seen their ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (AAPL, ESRX, GG, NFLX, SLB, CMVT, ISCA, FRS, TISI, MIND, MON, AYI, HEAT, FSLR, VRNG, AONE, MRGE, CONN)

Posted: April 3, 2012 at 4:06 pm

Markets opened flat to lower this morning and stayed right around the break-even line most of the morning. The report on factory orders was weaker than expected(our coverage here), although ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades (AAPL, CCL, CLNE, DFS, ESRX, GNC, GG, GRPN, KGC, NFLX, NEM, PM, SLB, TKR, URBN)

Posted: April 3, 2012 at 8:03 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Started as Buy at Auriga; target raised ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (BHI, MU, SWY, TSLA, MTG, CALM, SARA, APOL, GOL, WAG, LEN, VRNM, SLB, AONE, AUDC, ARNA)

Posted: March 26, 2012 at 4:06 pm

Markets opened about higher this morning following a flat close in Asia and a bit of enthusiasm in Europe following a manufacturing survey from Germany (our coverage here). Then Fed ...
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Schlumberger Warns on Earnings (SLB, BHI, HAL)

Posted: March 26, 2012 at 12:04 pm

At an energy conference in New Orleans today, the CEO of Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB) said that downward pressure on prices for the company’s hydraulic fracturing (fracking) services will have ...
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Baker Hughes Slices First Quarter Profit Estimate (BHI, SLB, HAL)

Posted: March 21, 2012 at 8:38 am

Oil field services firm Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) this morning announced that it is cutting its first quarter 2012 operating profit before tax margins in both its US and ...
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Oil Field Services Companies Hit by Weaker Oil Prices (SLB, HAL, BHI, WFT, NOV, RIG)

Posted: March 6, 2012 at 1:43 pm

Today’s falling crude prices are having an impact on stocks in the oil field services companies today. Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB), Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL), Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (GOOG, JCI, VLO, TSCO, HUM, INTC, IBM, BAC, AXP, GE, SLB, STI, INSM, TLB, SHLD, NCIT, CCOI)

Posted: January 20, 2012 at 4:08 pm

Equity markets opened mixed this morning, with the DJIA up slightly and the NASDAQ Composite and S&P 500 down slightly. That pattern held throughout the day as last night’s report ...
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Schlumberger Tops Estimates (SLB, HAL, BHI)

Posted: January 20, 2012 at 7:33 am

The first of the big oil field services to report quarterly earnings is also the largest: Schlumberger Ltd. For the full fiscal year, the company reported revenue of $39.54 billion ...
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Major Earnings Previews For The Week Ahead (C, WFC, EBAY, GS, XLNX, AXP, BAC, GOOG, INTC, IBM, ISRG, MSFT, UNH, GE, SLB)

Posted: January 16, 2012 at 10:27 am

This shortened week is the first week full of many major companies reporting earnings season.  We will have a clear direction for the financial leaders and many of the technology ...
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Crude Inventory Drops Dramatically (XOM, CVX, SLB, HAL, BHI)

Posted: December 21, 2011 at 11:26 am

This morning’s weekly petroleum status report from the US Energy Information Administration noted a particularly steep -- and unexpected -- drawdown in oil stocks. Crude inventory fell by 10.6 million ...
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24/7 Wall St. Closing Bell (CSCO, DO, LVS, LULU, PM, SLB, CIEN, COST, SFD, LAYN, KFY, DMAN, AFFY, DANG, IVC, PNCL, TSLA)

Posted: December 8, 2011 at 4:08 pm

Stocks opened lower this morning and trailed mostly lower throughout the day. Today’s wholesale inventory reported showed a gain of 1.6% and the initial jobless claims were substantially lower than ...
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