7.1 Billion Reasons to Hate BP Less (BP)
BP plc (NYSE: BP) may still be very hated by many in the Gulf Coast region. The company is still trying to make good on its capital raise efforts to scale down in size and more importantly to pay back…
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The sale is to 40%-owner Bridas Corp. in Argentina, which gives full control to the entity. BP had targeted some $25 to $30 billion in asset sales to pay for the Gulf of Mexico damage and to shrink certain operations.
BP was reportedly up 0.5% in London trading, but so far there is a sell-off in the ADR’s in New York before the opening bell. ADRs are down about 1% at $40.45 with more than 30 minutes to the market open.
JON C. OGG
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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.
