Bonds may be closed for Columbus Day, but the U.S. stock market is open and there are many movers to watch. Some of the most active stocks or largest moves seen in…
CNOOC, the large Chinese energy company, will buy assets of US firm Chesapeake Energy Corp (NYSE: CHK) for $1.1 billion. Chesapeake holds large reserves of shale oil deposits and those have proven…
General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has an announcement that could be a key development in solving the problem of water supply contamination caused by the fracking process. The company has introduced a…
Carl Icahn is known for many things, particularly when it comes to shaking companies up. A theme throughout Icahn’s newest holdings as of June 30 was an increase in the energy sector. …
These are some of this Monday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms: Atmel Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML) Cut to Market Weight at FBR. AEGON NV…
SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE: SD) is moving from a case of being grossly oversold to a case where the situation is becoming almost obscene. The stock is getting crushed after its earnings…
There are two tentative IPOs on deck this week we are watching closely. Both are currently indicated for pricing on Wednesday evening and Thursday trading. The first, in alphabetical order, will come…
Jon C. Ogg Earlier this year Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (NYSE:PXD) said that it was seeking bids from potential partners to develop its holdings in the Eagle Ford shale gas play in south Texas. At…
For the past 40 years a natural gas liquefaction plant on Alaska’s Cook Inlet has been producing LNG and shipping it to Asia. The plant is owned by ConocoPhillips Corp. (NYSE: COP),…
SJ 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…
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) is out with a private placement of convertible preferred shares this morning in a $600 million capital raise. Chances are extremely high that even if you wanted…
Jon C. Ogg Earnings season is slowly getting behind us for the regular quarter-end companies. But there are still many influential companies still reporting which can still move their respective sectors. Many cult stocks are…
These are some of the key research calls from this Thursday’s analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) Reiterated Buy but added to…
Companies that functioned primarily as natural gas producers have looked elsewhere for profits as the price of natural gas sticks around $4/thousand cubic feet. The development of tight shale plays, which yield…
These are this morning’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) Started as Underperform at Macquarie; Removed from Conviction Sell list Goldman…
