Markets are lifted by Fed comments that the economy is recovering and that it will keep rates low. (Reuters) Chrysler posts its best earnings since being partially taken over by Fiat. (Reuters)…
courtesy of Chevron Corp.When we saw that Exxon Mobil Corporation announced a 21% hike to its dividend this morning, we figured it would still be a ways out before Chevron Corporation (NYSE:…
coutesy of Exxon Mobile Corp.Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) is confirming exactly what an earlier report predicted earlier this week. Dow Jones had a report that the DJIA components would raise their…
Dividends have continued to rise. Better yet, they are expected to keep rising for the rest of the year. A study from Dow Jones Indexes showed a rise of almost 2.2% so…
Nestle to buy Pfizer’s (NYSE: PFE) baby food operation for $11.9 billion. (Reuters) China’s factory output rises slightly in March, but still not at levels of expansion. (Reuters) Vodafone (NASDAQ: VOD) buys…
Earth Day is April 22, 2012, which is this Sunday. Many Americans and many people elsewhere will be thinking about how they can be more green. Sadly, there are going to be…
The government of Iraq will prohibit Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) from participating in the May auction of new leases because the US company last year signed six leases for exploration in…
Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) is raising its sequential guidance for the first quarter earnings when compared to the fourth quarter. The company noted that upstream results are projected to improve from higher…
Jon C. Ogg Oil supermajor BP plc (NYSE: BP) has sold its southern gas assets in the North Sea to the UK’s Perenco UK Ltd for $400 million in cash. The sale is part of…
Members of Congress face new restrictions on insider trading. (Reuters) The UAW moves to organize a Volkswagen plant. (Reuters) A Brazilian oil regulator reports that the leak on a Chevron (NYSE: CVX)…
Oil supermajor Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS-A) announced that the company’s China subsidiary has signed a production sharing contract with China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), parent of publicly traded PetroChina Co.…
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) begins staff cuts as part of an annual review process. (Reuters) The Obama Administration is expected to help U.S. solar panel makers in a trade war with China.…
United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) will take over TNT Express for $6.85 billion. (Reuters) Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to announce plans for its $100 billion in cash. (Reuters) Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) says it…
Under a new development plan released today, China forecasts production growth of natural gas from its shale deposits of around 230 billion cubic feet by 2015, up from zero today. The country…
Jon Ogg2012 has been a great year for stocks. We have recently seen the NASDAQ return to 3,000 for the first time in a decade. The S&P 500 Index has also now…
