A JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) analyst speculated that sales of the new Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 could add “between 0.25% and 0.5% to annualized economic growth in the fourth quarter.”…
Drill rig operator Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) this morning announced the sale 38 of its shallow-water drilling rigs to a consortium of private equity firms called Shelf Drilling International Holdings Ltd. for…
Crews were returning to both shallow-water and deep-water rigs in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday as the oil and gas industry prepares to restart production following Hurricane Isaac. A report from Platts…
When China’s Cnooc Ltd. (NYSE: CEO) made its offer of $15.1 billion to acquire Canada-based Nexen Inc. (NYSE: NXY), the offer quickly brought to mind Cnooc’s failed 2005 $18.5 billion offer for…
Paul Ausick More American companies are among the 20 largest in the world than at any time in the past decade. This is because earnings at U.S. companies have risen faster than the rest…
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) pushes for a ban on eight Samsung phones. (Reuters) Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE: BBY) will allow former chairman Richard Schulze to review its books with an eye…
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Hurricane Response Team reported earlier that some 78% of crude oil and 48.3% of the natural gas production has been shut-in by Tropical Storm…
With the exception of Chesapeake, which is seen as primarily a natural gas company with lots of problems, the oil and gas firms are not heavily shorted. Nobody really thinks the price…
Since the beginning of July, gasoline pump prices have been on a steady march higher, following rising crude prices, which are rising primarily because traders are betting on more government stimulus in…
The International Monetary Fund and World Bank do not think the rise in food prices will bring a global financial crisis. (Reuters) Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the largest company by market…
Oil prices has reached a three-month high of about $114 for a barrel of Brent crude. The spike in prices has at least three causes. The first is the explosion of a…
Douglas A. McIntyre The “lockup” of shares held by investors who took part in rounds of Facebook Inc.’s (NASDAQ: FB) funding that happened before the firm’s initial public offering will end on August 16. Many…
Gasoline prices have begun to move higher, in large part due to a refinery fire at a Chevron (NYSE: CVX) refinery in California. Gas prices have fallen for nearly three months, a…
Douglas A. McIntyre AAA Fuel Gauge data show that gasoline prices are higher than a year ago for the first time since April. The report shows the average price nationwide for a gallon of regular…
Douglas A. McIntyre China’s exports rose only 1% in July, another sign of a sharp deceleration of economic activity around the world. Imports moved higher by 4.7%, so at least there is some hope this…
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