ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) hiked its dividend Friday, and not just by a penny. Its quarterly dividend was raised from $0.41 per quarter up to $0.47 per quarter. ConocoPhillips hiked its dividend a…
These are the new combined holdings (alphabetically A-G) from Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) for the period ended December 31, 2007: American Express (NYSE: AXP) 151.6 million shares for a value…
Just as unstable Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez thought he was making off with $12 billion in Exxon assets the world largest oil company got him into court. The Exxon property was being…
A number of experts say that companies, especially financial services firms, will cut dividends in 2008. CNN Money writes that "dividend cuts or suspensions will continue to pick up among financial services…
The mortgage-backed financial instruments that have gone such a long way to hurt brokerages like Merrill Lynch (MER) and banks like Citigourp (C) may be just the start of a wave of…
There would seem to be enough reasons for crude oil to continue its assault on $100, but two more have cropped up, and they may be more powerful than the rest. New…
This morning Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) cut estimates from 2007 to 2009 for corn-based ethanol producers for much of the same reasoning that we have been cautious on the sector. Raser Technologies, Inc.…
On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer said today’s blemish is not a reason to not own some stocks out there. He is featuring the ‘obvious money trades’ that are leaders…
Douglas A. McIntyre Not many hours after Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) announced its $10 billion share buy-back, ConocoPhillips (COP) decided it would not be bested. It announced a $15 billion share repurchase program of its…
According to Reuters, Australia Australian fund manager Caledonia said it would vote against Chicago Merch’s (CME) proposal to buy CBOT (CBOT) The fund own over 6% off the exchange. Reuters writes that…
According to Reuters, Bear Stearns (BCS) will put its CFO into a job overseeing its troubled hedge funds. Reuters writes that the Swedish government will review the Nasdaq’s (NDAQ) purchase of Nordic…
Stock Tickers: VLO, XOM, CVX, COP, SLB, HAL, OIH, HES, PBR, MRO, BHI, RIG, BJS, WMB, GSF, BP, VLO, WFT, NOV, HES Higher and higher oil prices got you down? They definitely…
BRK/A, BNI, KO, PG, WMT, USG, AXP, WFC, MCO, JNJ, COP, UNP, USB, MTB, ASD, NSC, WLP, UNH, IR, HRB It is always interesting to see how Wall Street bets with or…
Stock Tickers: BRK/A, BNI, KO, PG, WMT, USG, AXP, WFC, MCO, JNJ, COP On tonight’s MAD MONEY on CNBC, Jim Cramer reviewed another Warren Buffett strategy by reviewing holdings to see if…
Stock Tickers: BP, VLO, MRO, BHI, RIG, XOM, CVX, COP, SLB, HAL, OIH The short interest for MAY 2007 is out and the oil and energy patch names is fairly mixed. The…
