Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall St. research calls this Wednesday. Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX) cut to Hold at Argus. Changyou.com Ltd. (NASDAQ:…
U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning on softness in Asian markets and another punt in the eurozone. In Asia, China is rumored to be ready to expand its property tax program,…
The stock market is mixed Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.11%, the Nasdaq down 0.37% and the S&P 500 up 0.05%. Today’s sole winner reported earnings that fell in line with…
ThinkstockWeatherford International Inc. (NYSE: WFT) reported third-quarter 2012 results after markets closed last night. For the quarter, the oil field services company posted revenues of $3.82 billion. In the same period a…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning on a day when most government offices and banks are closed in observance of Veteran’s Day. Asian markets were muddled this morning as reports came…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Tuesday. AmBev (NYSE: ABV) named Bear of the Day at Zacks. Baker…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations we have seen from Wall St. research calls this Monday. Alliant Techsystems (NYSE: ATK) raised to Outperform at FBR Capital…
Oil field services company Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) this morning reported that its count of foreign oil & gas drilling rigs fell from 1,285 in June to 1,264 in July. June’s…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls this Thursday morning. Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) cut to Neutral at UBS. Avon Products…
Two of the world’s largest oil field services firms reported earnings this morning: Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI) and Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB). Both handily beat earnings per share (EPS) and revenue…
Oil and gas driller Nabors Industries Ltd. (NYSE: NBR) warned this morning that the company expects second-quarter operating results to miss consensus estimate, mainly as a result of higher costs: The shortfall…
Oil field services company Weatherford International Ltd. (NYSE: WFT) has won a contract worth $843 million to build six crude oil production facilities at Iraq’s Zubair field in the south of the…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Wednesday. Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) Cut to Hold at Argus. Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:…
The oilfield services companies are on a roll. Well, sort of. Expectations had been lowered so much coming into this earnings season that every one is able to clear the lowered bar.…
Today’s falling crude prices are having an impact on stocks in the oil field services companies today. Schlumberger Ltd. (NYSE: SLB), Halliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL), Baker Hughes Inc. (NYSE: BHI), Weatherford International…
