The future of offshore drilling in US coastal waters may be determined by how much financial and ecological damage is done by the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. At this point, the reaction against…
Douglas A. McIntyre 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…
Reuters: BP plc (NYSE: BP) had warning signs of pressure on its Deepwater Horizon rig. Reuters: Geithner went to Europe to press for more reform. Reuters: The Qatar sovereign wealth fund wants…
Reuters: Stocks around the world continue to fall on euro concerns. Reuters: The bailout of Spanish banks is not over. Reuters: S&P says a “herd” mentality could drive European stocks down. Reuters: …
The US government has readily admitted that it does not have the skill of equipment to stop the oil rising from the wreck of the Deepwater Horizon rig. And, it is beginning…
Douglas A. McIntyre The size of the BP plc (NYSE: BP Deepwater Horizon spill is growing rapidly, as some scientists estimate the leak at 95,000 barrels a day instead of the 5,000 barrels estimate given…
Douglas A. McIntyre There is a wild divergence in the estimates of oil leaking from the Deepwater Horizon rig disaster. The NOAA and BP plc (NYSE: BP) estimates continue to be at 5,000 barrels a…
Douglas A. McIntyre Reuters: Shares in Europe plunged Reuters: Oil hit the shores of Louisiana Reuters: The EU faces scrutiny over whether its austerity measure will be adequate. Reuters: The euro moved up in a…
Since 2002, Greenland has issued 13 licenses to explore its onshore and offshore areas for oil and gas. Among the licensees are Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX), Encana…
Reuters: The Senate was not able to reach consensus on the financial reform bill. Reuters: Heavy oil from the BP plc (NYSE: BP) rig came ashore in Louisiana. Reuters: Trading systems broke…
The BP plc (NYSE: BP) Deepwater Horizon spill is quickly moving east. The NOAA now reports what a number of scientists have already said–the oil slick will move into powerful currents that…
Douglas A. McIntyre These are ten of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls early this Wednesday morning: BP plc (NYSE: BP) defended at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.…
Cleaning up messes has grown into a big business since the 1970s. There are a lot of small and medium-sized businesses that get involved in environmental remediation for everything from cleaning up…
BP plc (NYSE: BP) says it has made modest progress in slowing the leak of crude into the Gulf of Mexico from its Deepwater Horizon rig wreck. It says that a siphon put into…
Douglas A. McIntyre MarketWatch: Shanghai closed down 2% and Europe is weak MarketWatch: The euro hit a four year low against the dollar. Reuters: BP plc (NYSE; BP) says it is making progress with the…
