This past weekend’s startling developments in Libya hit the crude oil markets almost instantly. Brent crude in Europe fell to around $105/barrel at one point, while WTI crude has gained about half…
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) must think that its dispute with BP plc (NYSE: BP) over responsibility for the explosion of its Deepwater Horizon platform in April 2010 is either going to take…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Underperform at RBC. Alcatel-Lucent…
High prices have finally contributed to curing high prices in the world’s crude oil market. The gloomy economic forecasts for the second half of 2011 have combined with $120/barrel prices for Brent…
Yesterday’s crashing market sent crude oil to its lowest close in eight months. WTI crude fell even further this morning, to below $76/barrel before turning around to rise above $82/barrel at mid-morning.…
2.25 PM Comments from the Fed killed the rally, and the DJIA dropped into negative territory. The central bank will keep interest rates low through mid-2013, but it did not indicate any…
Plans for a budget vote by Republicans in the House fell apart (Reuters) Moody’s threatened to downgrade Spain (Reuters) BSkyB will have a $1.6 billion share buyback (Reuters) S&P said the U.S.…
Analysts at a number of investment banks suggest that BP plc (NYSE: BP) follow the lead of ConocoPhillips Corp. (NYSE: COP) and Marathon Oil Corp. (NYSE: MRO) in splitting off the company’s…
Congress and the White House have made little progress on the debt talks (Reuters) The U.S. has come perilously close to a cut of its debt to Aa (Reuters) Moody’s warned that…
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) was all over the news at this time last year. It was a Transocean drilling rig that exploded in the US Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers and…
Some of the best known publicly traded companies in the world have stocks that will never reach their all-time highs again. Many of them are not troubled firms. In a number of…
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev told an economic conference last month that he had ordered the government to reduce its controlling interests in some of the country’s biggest companies. He wants Russia’s largest…
Whether or not you still trust the independent credit ratings agencies after the credit crisis up to you. Credit ratings do still matter to many investors. This morning we have Standard &…
Jon C. Ogg 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,…
Nokia24/7 Wall St. has created a new list of brands that will disappear, which includes Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD), Sony Pictures (NYSE:SNE), American Apparel (NYSE:APP), Nokia (NYSE:NOK), Saab, A&W All-American Foods Restaurants, Soap Opera…
