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Offshore drilling services firm Seadrill Ltd (NYSE: SDRL) is spinning off its offshore rig business to a new company to be called Seadrill Partners LLC. If a filing with the SEC, Seadrill Partners...
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We have long wondered if (or when) the wave of solar mergers was coming. We have seen several small deals, but so far we have yet to see any serious M&A in the solar sector when it seems that the...
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The government of Iraq has barred Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) from bidding on lease contracts in central and southern Iraq, following the company’s deal with India’s Reliance Industries last week...
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For the second time this year, a start-up company has shelved a planned IPO. This time its Coskata Inc., an Illinois-based company that manufactures ethanol from any carbon-based material. In April,...
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The government of Norway has ended a 16-day strike against offshore oil and gas producers and killed the threat of an industry lockout that was set to begin at midnight last night. The labor minister...
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An association representing oil companies working on Norway’s continental shelf is preparing for a lockout against striking workers beginning at midnight tonight. If the lockout is enforced, about...
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Biofuels maker Gevo Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) is seeing its share price skyrocket today following a court ruling that the company probably did not infringe on a competitor’s patents. Gevo is now free to...
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MEMC Electronic Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) is at a point where a turnaround analysis and a valuation analysis just no longer matter. Having fallen from over $90.00 per share, the stock is now down...
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Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls this Tuesday. AAR Corporation (NYSE: AIR) named Bear of the Day at Zacks....
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At an energy conference in Paris today, the secretary general of OPEC, Abdalla Salem el-Badri, said that the cartel is “not happy” with crude oil prices in the $110-$130/barrel range and that...
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coutesy of Exxon Mobile Corp.The world’s largest publicly held energy company, Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), was not expected to post first quarter EPS that matched last year’s first quarter....
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The government of Iraq will prohibit Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) from participating in the May auction of new leases because the US company last year signed six leases for exploration in Kurdistan...
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An oil sheen has appeared in the Gulf of Mexico near an area where Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE: RDS-A) (NYSE: RDS-B) has operations. The sheen is about 1 mile wide and 10 miles long. According to...
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Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad is the number one tablet PC in a new Consumer Reports survey. (Reuters) CEO pay jumps for last year as stock options rise. (Reuters) Avon (NYSE: AVP) turns down a $10...
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For the past week about 7 million cubic feet of gas per day from a leaking well in the North Sea’s Elgin field. The leaking well, operated by Total SA (NYSE: TOT), as well as others nearby were...
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