Activist investor and corporate raider Carl Icahn is showing his investors that he will be able to keep making more and more money in his efforts ahead. This morning came news from…
ThinkstockIn the energy sector, 2012 was the year of the refiner. Stock prices appreciated at least 80% for most of them, while the supermajor integrated companies were only able to tally gains…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of December 15 in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE:…
ThinkstockIn a filing this morning with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) reported that activist investor Carl Icahn now owns a stake amounting to 1.56% of Transocean’s issued shares.…
thinkstockLooking back on 2012, it is hard to discern the biggest story in the oil and gas sector. The reshuffling of assets was certainly a contender, as was the huge growth in…
courtesy of NetflixTim Geithner’s departure from Treasury will deprive President Obama of his longest serving financial adviser. (Reuters) Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) settles antitrust charges by the United States with very little…
ThinkstockTransocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG), the owner and operator of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded and burned in 2010, taking 11 workers’ lives and dumping 5 million barrels of crude into the…
ThinkstockLast night’s agreement on a fiscal cliff deal is lifting the commodities markets this morning, especially for crude oil. Traders are reacting to the now-lessened chance of a global recession led by…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of November 30th in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI); BP PLC (NYSE: BP); Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:…
ThinkstockLooking back on 2012, it is hard to discern the biggest story in the oil and gas sector. The reshuffling of assets is certainly a contender, as is the huge growth in…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of November 30 in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE:…
Services and drilling company Hercules Offshore Inc. (NASDAQ: HERO) recently received some positive comments from two analysts, including an upgrade to Outperform today from Stephens. The company, mostly a shallow-water driller, also…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of November 15 in the following oil and gas leaders: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), BP PLC (NYSE: BP), Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE:…
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:…
These are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Thursday. Autodesk Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) cut to Hold at Jefferies. Bank of America Corp.…
