Jon OggThese are some of this Monday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) cut to Neutral at Macquarie. Bank of America Corp.…
ThinkstockThe results are in from the Credit Suisse Group (NYSE: CS) 2013 Energy Summit, and investors who were interviewed and surveyed by the Swiss bank remain bullish on the energy sector for…
ThinkstockIt is becoming increasingly apparent that Wall St. is keeping a sharp eye on companies in the oil service sector. As we reported earlier this week Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) upgraded…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning, probably as a reaction to the news that Italy’s prime minister has said that he will resign after a new budget is agreed to (more…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Monday. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) raised to Outperform at Baird. Advance…
The US Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Wednesday held a lease sale for approximately 21 million acres of US outer continental shelf open for development in the…
U.S. equity markets opened higher following a spate of moderately good news on U.S. employment. The ADP report showed job gains (more coverage here), and the report on new claims for unemployment…
ThinkstockApache Corp. (NYSE: APA) reported third quarter 2012 earnings this morning. The oil and gas exploration and production company posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.16 on revenues of $4.14 billion.…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets re-opened for business in New York this morning after a two-day shutdown forced by Hurricane Sandy. Markets opened higher, but lost their energy by mid-morning. Asian markets were higher…
The three major U.S. stock indexes opened lower this morning following a weaker-than-expected report on U.S. personal income and inline personal consumption spending (more coverage here). U.S. markets followed Europe, where today’s…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Friday. ADTRAN Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN) cut to Underperform at BofA/ML. AGCO Corp. (NYSE: AGCO) named…
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Hurricane Response Team reported earlier that some 78% of crude oil and 48.3% of the natural gas production has been shut-in by Tropical Storm…
Energy exploration & production firm Midstates Petroleum Co. (NYSE: MPO) today announced that it would pay $650 million in cash and stock for 109,000 acres net acres of producing, developed, and undeveloped…
The three major US stock indexes opened lower this morning as the Bank of England left interest rates alone (our coverage here) and the European Central Bank (ECB) did the same (our…
Apache Corp. (NYSE: APA) reported second-quarter adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.07 on $3.97 billion in revenue before markets opened this morning. Adjusted EPS was 36% lower than last year’s $3.22,…
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