ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), Chevron Corp. (NYSE:…
ThinkstockCVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) reported third-quarter 2012 earnings this morning. The pharmacy benefits management and retail sales firm posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.85 on revenues of $30.2…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning following the report on U.S. non-farm payrolls and the U.S. unemployment rate. Payrolls rose by 171,000, better than expected, and the unemployment rate came in…
ThinkstockChevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) reported third-quarter 2012 earnings this morning. The oil supermajor posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.69 on revenues of $58 billion. In the same period a year…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets opened higher following a spate of moderately good news on U.S. employment. The ADP report showed job gains (more coverage here), and the report on new claims for unemployment…
We have tracked the key short interest changes in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK); Chevron Corp. (NYSE:…
Chevron Corp.’s (NYSE: CVX) reputation as a major polluter recently has grown rapidly, and the cause is not just fines of more than $19 billion to Ecuador for environmental damage in the…
Douglas A. McIntyre We have tracked the key short interest changes in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK), Chevron Corp. (NYSE:…
In August BP plc (NYSE: BP) announced that it would sell its Carson, California, refinery to Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO) for $2.5 billion. The sale was part of BP’s effort to shed…
courtesy of Chevron Corp.The U.S. Supreme Court today denied an appeal from Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) to block an $18.2 billion judgment against the company as a result of a pollution case…
Paul Ausick A gallon of unleaded gasoline cost an average of $4.49 in California yesterday. In San Francisco, gasoline is a dime per gallon more expensive. Gas stations are closing either because they cannot…
Dan Loeb’s hedge fund, Third Point LLC, has put together a “significant” stake in Murphy Oil Corp. (NYSE: MUR) and filed with the SEC to buy even more. Murphy today acknowledged that…
Petroleo Brasileiro SAThe CEO of Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras, says the company is “very near to closing a deal” for the sale of some $6 billion worth of assets…
Short interest in the oil services companies has risen, while one of the two refiners on our list -- Phillips 66 -- posted a substantial drop in short interest. As crude prices…
Offshore drilling services firm Seadrill Ltd (NYSE: SDRL) is spinning off its offshore rig business to a new company to be called Seadrill Partners LLC. If a filing with the SEC, Seadrill…
