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After CFO Departure… How Long Can MEMC Survive?

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 12:24 pm

MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) is at a point where a turnaround analysis and a valuation analysis just no longer matter.  Having fallen from over $90.00 per share, the ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades & Downgrades

Posted: May 15, 2012 at 8:28 am

These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. AAR Corporation (NYSE: AIR) named Bear of the Day at Zacks. ...
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$100/barrel Crude Good for OPEC, Not So Good for Supermajors (XOM, CVX, COP, TOT, BP, BX)

Posted: May 3, 2012 at 8:01 am

At an energy conference in Paris today, the secretary general of OPEC, Abdalla Salem el-Badri, said that the cartel is “not happy” with crude oil prices in the $110-$130/barrel range ...
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Exxon Stumbles on Production, Higher Costs (XOM, CVX, COP, BP, TOT, CHK)

Posted: April 26, 2012 at 9:15 am

The world’s largest publicly held energy company, Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), was not expected to post first quarter EPS that matched last year’s first quarter. The same was true ...
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Exxon Banned from Iraqi Energy Auction (XOM, RDS-A, CVX, OXY, TOT, BP, E)

Posted: April 19, 2012 at 7:34 am

The government of Iraq will prohibit Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) from participating in the May auction of new leases because the US company last year signed six leases for ...
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Oil Sheen in Gulf of Mexico Knocks Shell Stock (RDS-A, RDS-B, BP, TOT)

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 9:19 am

An oil sheen has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico near an area where Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS-A) (NYSE: RDS-B) has operations. The sheen is about 1 mile ...
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Media Digest (4/3/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT

Posted: April 3, 2012 at 6:52 am

Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad is the number one tablet PC in a new Consumer Reports survey. (Reuters) CEO pay jumps for last year as stock options rise. (Reuters) Avon (NYSE: ...
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Flare Extinguished at North Sea Gas Leak (TOT)

Posted: April 2, 2012 at 7:18 am

For the past week about 7 million cubic feet of gas per day from a leaking well in the North Sea’s Elgin field. The leaking well, operated by Total SA ...
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Total Prepares to Drill Relief Wells in North Sea (TOT)

Posted: March 30, 2012 at 12:37 pm

France’s Total SA (NYSE: TOT) is moving two rigs into position to begin drilling relief wells to staunch the flow of natural gas from one of its wells in the ...
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Media Digest (3/30/2012) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg

Posted: March 30, 2012 at 6:22 am

Eurozone officials will increase the size of the funds to create “firewalls” around financially troubled nations. (Reuters) Research In Motion’s (NASDAQ: RIMM) CEO says the firm’s struggles will continue as ...
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Total’s Costs for North Sea Leak Could Reach Billions (TOT, BP, RDS-A)

Posted: March 29, 2012 at 10:32 am

A natural gas leak discovered last Sunday at the Elgin field in the North Sea could cost France’s Total SA (NYSE: TOT) billions of dollars in costs to plug the ...
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North Sea Leak Continues to Plague Total (TOT, RDS-A, BP)

Posted: March 27, 2012 at 10:14 am

A leaking well in the North Sea continues to hamper crude oil production from the Elgin field operated by Total SA (NYSE: TOT). The company has shut-in about 130,000 barrels/day ...
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Shell Gets Shale Gas Deal in China (RDS-A, PTR, CVX, TOT, BP)

Posted: March 21, 2012 at 7:25 am

Oil supermajor Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS-A) announced that the company’s China subsidiary has signed a production sharing contract with China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), parent of publicly traded ...
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China Sees Explosive Growth in Shale Gas Production (RDS-A, PTR, CVX, TOT, BP)

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 9:07 am

Under a new development plan released today, China forecasts production growth of natural gas from its shale deposits of around 230 billion cubic feet by 2015, up from zero today. ...
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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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