In 2007, the Venezuela government expropriated the Cerro Negro project owned by Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) after the US oil giant refused to take a minority stake in the project. ConocoPhillips…
As each new year replaces the prior year, 24/7 Wall St. looks at the individual targets on all 30 Dow Jones Industrial Average price targets from Wall Street analysts to come up…
The lineup of the Dogs of the Dow, simply the ten highest dividend yield stocks of the thirty Dow Jones Industrial Average components, appears to be undergoing a bit of change for…
Crude oil prices have risen this year, although they have been tapering off in the past couple of months. Pump prices have been driven by the price differential between Brent crude and…
This morning’s weekly petroleum status report from the US Energy Information Administration noted a particularly steep — and unexpected — drawdown in oil stocks. Crude inventory fell by 10.6 million barrels, far…
Olympus may hire its former CEO, Michael Woodford, in the midst of an accounting scandal. (Reuters) Foreign investment in China drops for the first time in 28 months. (Reuters) Holiday sales continue…
The government of Brazil is asking Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) to stop its drilling program offshore of Brazil following a 2,400 barrel leak. The federal prosecutor is also asking the company to…
Bain & Company topped the 2012 version of the “Glassdoor Top 50 Places To Work.” McKinsey, MITRE, and Shalom Consulting were all among the top 10. Tech leaders were also near the…
Producing oil from the vast deposits of the Middle East is getting more expensive. A lot more expensive. Big oil companies like Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX), Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), BP…
Dividends are still rising and equity and income investors should expect more of the same for 2012. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) joined in on the dividend hike brigade with another dividend…
In the summer of 2010, Scottish oil company Cairn Energy announced an ambitious program to explore the waters of the west coast of Greenland. The US Geological Survey estimates that Greenland holds…
The supercommittee appears unlikely to settle on a deficit agreement. (Reuters) A senior Chinese official says he expects the global recession to last for some time. (Reuters) Spain’s center-right People’s Party gains…
As the price differential between WTI and Brent crude oil continues to narrow, with WTI rising and Brent falling, big oil companies should see a gain in their realized prices for crude. This is…
The announcement from Enbridge Inc. (NYSE: ENB) that it would acquire the 50% stake in the Seaway pipeline system owned by ConocoPhillips Corp. (NYSE: COP) and reverse the pipeline’s flow direction, pushed…
The economic choppiness is coming to a head with the age of dividend hikes. The pressure is going to remain for companies to continue returning capital to shareholders while also looking for…
