Updated throughout the day. Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) plans to sell its assets in Venezuela. (Reuters) Monitronics is on the block represented by Moelis & Company. Douglas A. McIntyre
Douglas A. McIntyre 2009 was the year that dividends were cut or went on hold. 2010 is becoming the greatest year of increases and initiations of dividends that the markets have ever seen. There are…
Twitter has, by most estimates, 100 million members, which makes it one of the largest social networks in the world. All major media companies are on Twitter and some have more than…
These are some of this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades and downgrades seen from Wall Street research calls: AGCO Corp. (NASDAQ: AGCO) Raised to Buy at Stifel Nicolaus. BP plc (NYSE: BP) Raised…
The oil industry apparently did not learn much from the Exxon Valdez spill, the Ixtoc 1 Oil Well catastrophe of 1979, the Amoco Cadiz disaster off Brittany in 1978. And perhaps there…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: BP plc’s (NYSE: BP) new CEO called the spill a “wake up call” for the oil industry. Reuters: The IMF backed down on its comments about the yuan’s value. Reuters: Google…
Day traders and active traders have many stocks to choose from. Some are on earnings, some are not. The top day trader and active trader alerts early this Tuesday are BP plc…
BP plc (NYSE: BP) shares gained as the company reported a loss for last quarter and appointed Bob Dudley as CEO. The UK-based firm reported a $17.2 billion loss and took $32.2…
Douglas A. McIntyre The BP plc problem will not go away any more than the global sovereign debt one will. Gulf storms are the least of the UK oil company’s problems Read more…
Douglas A. McIntyre By Tom Bower, The Daily Beast Tony Hayward sunk himself with his media gaffes and poor political performances. Can Bob Dudley do better? Read more at The Daily Beast…
Douglas A. McIntyre The AP reports that Tony Hayward, BP plc (NYSE: BP) CEO, will leave in October and will join the firm’s joint venture in Russia–TNK-BP Douglas A. McIntyre
Douglas A. McIntyre BP plc (NYSE: BP) finds itself in an odd situation with stock options trading versus its pending earnings announcement Tuesday and the imminent departure of Tony Hayward as CEO. While shares have…
Jon C. Ogg Many stocks are on the move for day traders and active traders this morning. Oddly, most are not on earnings. Some of the top percentage movers and standout stocks are Arena Pharmaceuticals,…
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…
MarketWatch: A number of economists now expect Q2 GDP to be below 2%. Reuters: BP plc’s (NYSE: BP) CEO Tony Hayward is expected to resign. Reuters: Hayward will leave with $10 million.…
