Carl Icahn, the manager of Icahn Capital Lp, which owns 5,838,386 shares in Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG), on Thursday sent a letter to shareholders of Transocean, in which he asked...
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April 30 - Hedge Funds, News
Recently, the oil and gas industry has found itself the unsuspecting target of an unusual degree of shareholder activism.
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April 29 - News
We likely have very different memories of the event that began three years ago today.
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April 23 - News
Editor's Note: Related tickers: Caterpillar Inc.
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April 22 - News
A thick, black cloud of smoke rose from the Gulf of Mexico on the evening of April 20, 2010.
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April 22 - News
Dividend stocks are everywhere, but many just downright stink. In some cases, the business model is in serious jeopardy, or the dividend itself isn't sustainable.
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April 22 - News
Next Monday, Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 18 - News
The ultra-deepwater drilling market is still sizzling hot, and that's great news to the companies with exposure to the market.
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April 18 - News
Editor's Note: Related Tickers: Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP), Schlumberger Limited. (NYSE:SLB), National-Oilwell Varco, Inc.
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April 17 - News
For years, satirical late-night TV host Stephen Colbert has been running a series on his show called "Better Know a District," which highlights one of the 435 U.S.
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April 17 - News
It's easy for investors to get wrapped up in the euphoria surrounding America's energy renaissance and forget there are several countries struggling to keep up production.
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April 9 - News
You know about the tremendous increases in hydrocarbons production that have been generated onshore in just the past few years in the primary U.S.
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April 7 - News
I've had my eye on Seadrill Ltd (NYSE:SDRL) for some time now. The company pays a very tempting dividend, currently at just over 9%.
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April 5 - News
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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April 5 - News
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), global per-barrel oil prices will fall below $100 by the end of 2014.
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April 3 - News
To the average investor, there are tons of metrics investors can use to analyze their holdings. A duo of the most useful are hedge fund and insider trading interest.
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April 2 - News
No investment is guaranteed, but a good understanding of the macroeconomic situation can help to decrease risk.
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April 2 - News
According to the latest Forbes profile on Icahn he drinks Coke out of a crystal cup. Another Coke lover, like fellow iconic investor Warren Buffett.
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April 1 - News
Last week T. Boone Pickens put out a video blog post questioning whether we really needed to keep our vast Strategic Petroleum Reserves, or SPR, stocked with oil.
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March 28 - News
Three of the Dow Jones Industrial Average's (INDEXDJX:.DJI) most powerful companies experienced major turning points in their history on this day.
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March 25 - News
The "black gold" rush has been rejuvenated lately, thanks in large part to unconventional drilling in North America and deepwater finds off the coast of nearly every continent...
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March 24 - News
Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG) was in 35 hedge funds' portfolio at the end of the fourth quarter of 2012. RIG has seen a decrease in hedge fund sentiment recently.
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March 21 - News
A recent study conducted by the U.S.
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March 20 - News
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG) employees should have done more to detect signs of trouble before the company's drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010...
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March 19 - News
Proceedings have started in one of the most significant environmental pollution trials in the history of the U.S., involving BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) and the oil spill in the ...
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March 16 - News
I have been a close follower of Mr. Carl Icahn's deals since I read the book "King Icahn" a few years ago.
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March 14 - Hedge Funds
It seems everywhere we look, Carl Icahn is nipping at some company's heels, getting ready to bite. He is the ultimate alpha investor.
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March 13 - Hedge Funds
Personal care products company Herbalife Ltd.
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March 13 - Hedge Funds
BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) for instance, had its reputation tarnished after the spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
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March 12 - News
Glenn Dubin co-founded Highbridge Capital Management with childhood friend Henry Swieca over twenty years ago, although Swieca has since left the firm.
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March 10 - Hedge Funds
On March 4, Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG) announced it intends to restore its dividend payments after pressure from activist shareholder Carl Icahn. In the aftermath of the tragic...
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March 10 - News
Dividend investing is popular again.
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March 8 - News
We've fought numerous wars and spent countless billions protecting our interests in oil coming out of the Middle East.
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March 7 - News
There were 5 stocks with high liquidity (at least 3 million daily trading volume) that had been underperforming compared to the S&P 500 between Feb.
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March 7 - News
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A retired BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP) employee who supervised drilling operations on the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico testified Wednesday that he never...
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March 6 - News
I like to analyze what prominent investors buy or sell in the last reported quarter. In this article I detail what Appaloosa Management bought in the past months.
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March 1 - Hedge Funds
Did you know that last year was the best year ever for deepwater discoveries? Exploration and production companies announced 52 new finds last year, which crushed the old record...
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March 1 - News
Transocean LTD (NYSE:RIG), the largest offshore drilling rig contractor in the world, has been one of my favorite stocks to watch for years now, however I have not pulled the ...
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March 1 - Stock Analysis
Among all the other silly stuff going on these days – the Oscars, the Sequester and so forth – is the fact that the Federal Government's case against BP plc (ADR) (NYSE:BP...
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February 26 - News
Earnings season is now starting to wind down, with most companies already having reported their quarterly results.
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February 25 - News
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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February 25 - News
Today let's look at investing giant Carl Icahn, who has made billions, partly by taking large positions in companies and pushing for change in them.
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February 23 - Hedge Funds
Brent crude is priced over the $115 mark again due to Iranian crude import cuts by India and China.
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February 15 - News
The last time offshore drilling was upended in the Gulf of Mexico, it was the horrible Deepwater Horizon disaster that cost 11 rig workers their lives and spewed thousands of ...
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February 9 - News
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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February 4 - News
