Exxon ( XOM ) averts a strike at its Baytown refinery, second largest in the U.S ..... United Steelworkers last night ratified a new agreement. Among the changes, XOM will establish a limit on the number of consecutive days an employee can work
author name submits: One of the funny paradoxes of long-term dividend investing is this: as soon as you make your stock purchase in a company that you plan to hold for a significant chunk of your investing lifetime (we're talking an investment horizon of decades here), it can often be in your ...
Chevron's treatment in the wake of the Frade oil spill. In fact, CVX was one of the winning bidders, joining the likes of XOM , BP and PBR . The auction put things in perspective : Brazil has huge potential, and is a much less risky place than Nigeria
By Vinayak Maheswaran : I have been analyzing big oil stocks that offer a good return on investment for a value investor. My analysis here is based on the profitability ratios in the financial statements of Total SA ( TOT ) over the last five years. When a firm has strong profitability ratios, it
Exxon ( XOM +0.8% ) teams with OGX ( OGXPY.PK ) to win deepwater exploration blocks ..... OGX will pay 20M reais ($10M) for the rights to one block, and the OGX- XOM consortium agree to pay 81.9M reais for another. Total ( TOT ) gains access
Turkey's state-run oil firm strikes an agreement with Exxon Mobil ( XOM +0.6% ) to develop joint projects in Kurdish-administered northern Iraq, Turkey PM Erdogan says: "The regional government
author name submits: This post is aimed at investors who are not at all bothered by volatility and make investments based solely on the long-term earnings power (and dividend potential) of the companies they select. If the thought of experiencing price declines of 30%, 40% or 50% would cause you to
market capitalisation of the entire company net of its debt. The assets were sold to XTO Energy (a subsidiary of ExxonMobil, XOM ) for US$147.1 million, which included rights to all of BKX's interests in the Tishomingo Field (Ardmore Basin, Oklahoma
By Eric Parnell : It was one of the most infamous building fires in U.S. history. The date was November 28, 1942. The place was the Cocoanut Grove, arguably the finest nightclub in all of New England. Up until that fateful day, The Grove was the place to be seen and was frequented by sport stars,
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