Schlumberger N.V. (NYSE:SLB) reported third quarter earnings this morning and the short story is there were no surprises. Like competitors Halliburton Co. (NYSE:HAL) and Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE:WFT), onshore drilling for shale…
How investors view the oil field services business depends a lot on whether a company is heavily involved in offshore drilling. Onshore drillers have seen share prices rise steadily as production companies…
These are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls: American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP) Started as Outperform at Wells Fargo. Central European Distribution (NASDAQ:…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning: AEGON NV (NYSE: AEG) Cut to Market Perform at KBW.…
Morningstar has issued a report this week for oil services operations calling the opportunity in Iraq as “one of the greatest capacity increases in the industry’s history.” The analysis says that the…
Ecuador is a relatively unknown member of OPEC, due mostly to its up and down relationship with the cartel. Ecuador first joined OPEC in 1973, then in 1992 suspended its membership for…
Reuters: The Fed backed “extending language” on rates. Reuters: About 60% CDS could be cleared centrally according to experts. Reuters: Bank of America Corporation (NYSE: BAC) and Symphony will link up on…
These are this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research notes this morning: Apartment Investment & Management Co. (NYSE: AIV) Raised to Sector Perform at RBC Capital.…
Short sellers pushed into tech, communications, and industrial companies for the period ending March 15, but largely moved out of financial shares. Short interest in Cisco (CSCO) was up 12% to 53.7…
These are this Wednesday’s top ten analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from early morning Wall Street research notes: Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Raised to Outperform at Oppenheimer. CONSOL Energy (NYSE: CNX)…
These are ten of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) Raised to Buy at Goldman Sachs. Computer Programs…
When Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) announced that it was going to acquire XTO Energy Inc. (NYSE: XTO)for $31 billion in an all-stock transaction ($41 billion after debt assumption; with 0.7098 in…
These are ten of the top research calls we have seen in the form of upgrades, downgrades, and initiations from Wall Street analysts this Wednesday morning: Akamai Technologies Inc. (NYSE: AKAM) Raised…
Reuters: Obama plans to pressure health insurance prices as part of new reforms. Reuters: A Toyota (TM) memo shows the company worked to keep the costs of one of its…
The acquisition by Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB) of competitor Smith International Inc. (SII) for $11 billion could be another sign that mergers and acquisitions in the energy sector will pick up in 2010.…
