courtesy of BP plcBad 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…
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 to Deepwater…
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 nuclear power facilities.…
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 Cisco (NASDAQ:…
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Jon OggThese 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 the…
Jon OggThese 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 Citigroup.…
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 of Ocean…
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 explosion last…
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 Guard and…
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 Fargo. American…
Reuters:Â Â Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) has objected to giving the government advanced notice of its dealings with oil companies on major projects. Reuters:Â Â Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) will take on Facebook with a…
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 the issue…
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 (NYSE: BP)…
Satellite imagery has revealed what appears to be a second leaking well in the Gulf of Mexico about 10 miles offshore of Louisiana. The semi-submersible Ocean Saratoga, owned by Diamond Offshore Drilling…
