Earnings season is in full throttle and many major companies are due to report in the week ahead. Some of the key reports we are featuring for detailed earnings previews are the…
Another day, another energy acquisition by a Chinese firm. This time its Cnooc Ltd. (NYSE: CEO) putting out about $2.1 billion for Toronto-traded Canadian oil sands developer Opti Canada. In addition to…
Less than five years ago, natural gas was selling for as much as $13/thousand cubic feet. It sells for about a third of that today, and some of the high-dollar projects that…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. AEGON N.V. (NYSE: AEG) maintained “Buy” but removed from Conviction Buy…
TSMC may replace Samsung as the maker of chips for the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad (Reuters) Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) earnings surpassed Wall St. expectations and shares surged (Reuters) S&P warned the U.S.…
Today’s announcement by ConocoPhillips Corp. (NYSE: COP) that it would spin off its refining and marketing business has pushed the company’s share price up nearly 8% at the opening bell. Refining crude…
The balance between a potential downgrade of US debt and strong bank results left the market without conviction. That leaves open the issue of whether the American debt cap and the flood…
Looks like the whispers we were hearing yesterday about a split-up of some sort at oil major ConocoPhillips Corp. (NYSE: COP) were true. The company has announced this morning that it will…
Each year, Capgemini publishes the U.S. Metro Wealth Index, which ranks the number of high-net-worth individuals living within the ten largest metropolitan statistical areas. According to the report, high-net-worth Individuals “are defined…
Nothing compared to the negative press News Corp (NYSE: NWS) has gotten in the last three days as its The News of The World is accused of tapping the phone of a…
Since the beginning of the year, returns for the three largest US oil companies have been sturdy, if not blinding, and each has a lower than average P/E ratio. Exxon Mobil Corp.…
Energy Technology Ventures is not exactly a household name, but its venture partners of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG), and ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) are household names. What is…
coutesy of Exxon Mobile Corp.In the early morning hours Saturday, July 2nd, a 12-inch crude oil pipeline owned and operated by Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) ruptured, spilling an estimated 1,000 barrels…
There are several ways in which companies can return money to shareholders, but the two most common methods of returning cash to shareholders are dividends and stock buybacks. Dividends are rarely controversial…
The Keystone XL Pipeline project has been under review for more than two years now, and has already secured approval from the Alberta provincial government and the Canadian national government. The pipeline,…
