The largest mining company in the world just got a little bigger. Australia’s BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) has agreed to acquire Petrohawk Energy Corp. (NYSE: HK) for $12.1 billion, a premium…
After markets closed yesterday, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) announced a plan to create a $1 billion venture capital fund to promote increased demand for natural gas by replacing petroleum-based products. At…
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) has filed a preliminary S-3 with the US SEC for the IPO of a company to be called Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust. According to the filing, the…
Jon C. Ogg When the New York Times reported over the weekend that natural gas companies and their huge bets on wells was noted as being “the gas may not be as easy and cheap…
Jon C. Ogg Deals are aplenty when it comes to the natural gas sector. It is as if the future has been seen and natural gas is going to be in it even if the…
When yesterday’s news about a dividend hike surfaced from Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK), our first thought was that the hike was too much at a time when natural gas is still…
Jon C. Ogg First-quarter earnings plunged at Devon Energy Corp. (NYSE: DVN) compared with the same period a year ago. The good news is that expectations were even lower. Excluding items, Devon posted EPS of…
Next week will mark the third week of the full daily earnings onslaught in what is really the fourth week of earnings season. There are many market-moving companies and sector-moving companies reporting…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Friday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AMLN), Bronco Drilling Company (NASDAQ: BRNC), Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:…
Anadarko Petroleum Co. (NYSE: APC) has agreed to sell a stake in its Eagle Ford shale play to the Korean National Oil Company, KNOC, for $1.55 billion. KNOC’s investment gives Korea about…
Japanese officials have confirmed 4,340 dead and 9,083 still missing as a result of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country a week ago, according to London’s Daily Mail newspaper. Those…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday morning. Agrium Inc. (NYSE: AGU) Raised to Buy at TD. Cameco Corp. (NYSE: CCJ)…
More than 700 mild earthquakes have shaken an area of north central Arkansas in the past six months. State geologists aren’t sure if the quakes are part of a natural swarm, such…
S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (18 FEB -24 FEB) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 24Feb11 Close Price 18Feb11 Market Cap($Mil) Chesapeake Energy Corp CHK 12.9 34.35 30.43 22462.0 Cabot Oil…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Thursday morning. Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) Cut to Sector Perform at RBC. Chesapeake…
