ThinkstockWith first-quarter earnings largely in the rear-view mirror, the oil services analysts at Deutsche Bank A.G. (NYSE: DB) wanted to revisit the thesis for each of their top stocks to buy. In each case,…
courtesy Chesapeake Energy Corp.Barely six weeks after founder and former chairman and CEO Aubrey McClendon was shown the door, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) has named his successor. Robert Douglas Lawler, currently senior vice…
ThinkstockChesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) finally has succeeded in throwing out its morally challenged CEO Aubrey McClendon and some of his equally morally challenged board. McClendon not only enjoyed extravagant compensation, he also made investments…
ThinkstockActivist investor Carl Icahn had proposed that the world’s largest offshore drilling firm, Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG), pay shareholders a one-time dividend of $4 a share and to replace 3 board members with a…
Courtesy of Tesla MotorsElectric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) is issuing up to 3.9 million new shares at a non-discounted share price of $92.24, striking while the iron is hot and investors are…
thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks increased by 99 billion cubic feet last week, above the expected build of about 95 billion cubic feet anticipated by analysts.…
ThinkstockReneSola Ltd. (NYSE: SOL) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The solar PV maker reported a diluted earnings per share (EPS) loss of $0.23 on revenues of $284.2 million. In the…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report this morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories decreased by 600,000 barrels last week, bringing the total U.S. commercial crude inventory to 394.9 million…
ThinkstockThe good news from the solar sector just keeps on coming. Today it is from SunPower Corp. (NASDAQ: SPWR), which issued financial guidance for the 2013 fiscal year. At the end of the company’s…
ThinkstockOne of the ironies of the current economic situation is that slow economies around the world have pushed the price of oil lower, and consequently with it, the future price of gasoline. The bad…
ThinkstockShortly after the opening bell this morning, Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) posted an all-time intra-day high of $97.12, at the end of price spike that has seen shares rise more than 60% since…
ThinkstockThe European Union wants to know more about energy consumption, particularly as its affects individuals who live within the region. Energy costs have risen relentlessly for most of the past several years, so these…
ThinkstockThe world’s reliance on oil supply from OPEC and other large producing nations from Russia to several in Africa will end soon, as they are supplemented by U.S. output. That, in turn, means oil…
thinkstockThe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) produced 30.46 million barrels of crude every day last month, well above its agreed quota of 30 million barrels a day. The message: supply is available and…
thinkstockWe have tracked the short interest in the following North American Solar companies as of April 30: Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ), First Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), GT Advanced Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: GTAT), MEMC…