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The Oil Services Industry's 3Q--A Fragile Recovery

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:17:26 GMT

We look back at the industry's third quarter and offer early thoughts on 2010.[More...]

Geeks Trump Alpha Males As High Frequency Trading Takes Over

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:05:39 GMT

For those newer to the website, we have been early pointing out the changing character of the market, due to the increasing dominance of computer based trading. I first started noticing it in 2006, when the market was wickedly "calm" if you will... this was pre blog and I had been noting on some message boards how the S&P 500 had not dropped more than 1% in any 1 session for more than 10 months (I don't remember the exact figures but it was some absurd statistic). I began wondering about computer based trading and the increasing dominance of ETFs as "monolithic trading" began to really enter my conscience.[More...]

Options Intelligence Report: ACE Call Options In Demand - Option Implied Volatility Explodes

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:53:29 GMT

Today's tickers: ACE, EFA, HAL, AMAT, WHR, DE, JTX & WCG[More...]

Market Closing : Commodity Producers Lead Narrow Wall Street Advance - Oil Gains, Gold Breaks Another Record

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:35:00 GMT

Major stock averages close up around 0.3%-0.4% and in the middle of the day's range. Shares of commodity producers and materials stocks led a modest broad market rally in thin pre-holiday trading Wednesday as gold notched a ninth straight closing record Wednesday. A string of largely upbeat economic reports added to bullish sentiment.[More...]

Hot Stocks Of The Day: HAL, CWTR, INCY, BNHNA, JCG

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:11:13 GMT

US Stocks advanced Wednesday in thin trade as investors cheered upbeat unemployment and spending data.[More...]

Schlumberger Ltd (NYSE: SLB): Third Quarter Earnings Preview 2009

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:55:00 GMT

Schlumberger Ltd (SLB), the leading technology company in the oilfield-services sector, is scheduled to report the third quarter results on Friday, October 23, 2009. In the last two quarters, the company’s actual earnings exceeded the market’s consensus significantly.[More...]

US Stock Futures Point To Weaker Start, Bank Of America (NYSE: BAC) Eyed

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:33:53 GMT

US stock futures retreated on Friday after Dow components Bank of America, General Electric and IBM reported disappointing quarterly results.[More...]

Thursday - Natural Gas Preview And Oil Inventory Review

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:33:39 GMT

Overnight Shanghai posted nearly a 5% bounce giving futures in the U.S. a head start this morning. Jobless claims came in at 570K vs 565K expected but the big number of the week comes tomorrow with non farm payrolls. Retail sales are coming in across the board negative for August this morning[More...]

Natural Gas Investment Outlook: Better Than Oil

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:55:00 GMT

Is there an investment better than oil? It seems to many, oil has it all. Oil is a popular way to protect against inflation.[More...]

Halliburton Wins Pemex Contract

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:53:25 GMT

Yesterday, Petroleos Mexicanos (also known as Pemex), Mexico’s state oil company, said that it has awarded a contract to Houston-based oilfield service provider – Halliburton Company (HAL) – to drill 170 wells at the large Chicontepec oil basin.? Pemex said that the deal, worth approximately $159 million, will last three years and involve four drilling rigs. Halliburton is expected to commence work on the Chicontopec fields (in northern Mexico) from the next month. This will mark the oilfield services giant’s debut in an area where its competitors Schlumberger Limited (SLB) and Weatherford International (WFT) already have an established[More...]

Yes Men offer a quick Fix

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:59:00 GMT

Dec. 3--Known for impersonating corporate CEOs and spokesmen in a practice they call "identity correction," Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, the artist/activist duo known as the Yes Men, recently caused a stir by staging a hoax press conference as U.S. Chamber of Commerce executives announcing the chamber's newfound support of climate legislation.
Bichlbaum discussed the corporate pranksters' new documentary, The Yes Men Fix the World, which opens Friday at the Angelika Film Center.
Q: How much of a departure from your previous film, The Yes Men (2003), is The Yes Men Fix the World?

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The Oil Services Industry's 3Q--A Fragile Recovery

Geeks Trump Alpha Males As High Frequency Trading Takes Over

Options Intelligence Report: ACE Call Options In Demand - Option Implied Volatility Explodes

Market Closing : Commodity Producers Lead Narrow Wall Street Advance - Oil Gains, Gold Breaks Another Record

Hot Stocks Of The Day: HAL, CWTR, INCY, BNHNA, JCG

Schlumberger Ltd (NYSE: SLB): Third Quarter Earnings Preview 2009

US Stock Futures Point To Weaker Start, Bank Of America (NYSE: BAC) Eyed

Thursday - Natural Gas Preview And Oil Inventory Review

Natural Gas Investment Outlook: Better Than Oil

Halliburton Wins Pemex Contract

Yes Men offer a quick Fix

MGM Mirage, HSBC, Satyam, ING are big movers

Halliburton: Pemex reductions to hurt 4Q profit

Big Oil's lean look fuels area jobs fear: If cuts remain permanent, glory days may be over

OUR VIEW: west N.D. needs east's help: The valley should do what it can to help the boom in western North Dakota resound. And what the valley can do is a lot.

Stakeholders to speak at NY gas drilling hearing

Pa. Tapped, Drillers Not

Pa. Tapped, Drillers Not

Schlumberger Says Profit Down, Drilling Recovery 'Fragile'

Schlumberger 3Q tumbles; sees modest recovery

Fitch Affirms Halliburton's IDR at 'A-'; Outlook Stable

Halliburton Provides Update on Mexico Operations

Halliburton Awarded Contract to Provide Fluid Services for Total in Indonesia

Halliburton Awarded Integrated Turnkey Drilling Contract for South Ghawar

KBR Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results

Early Success -- Realizing Value From a Global R5000 Software Upgrade at Shell

Halliburton Releases Innovative 3D Visualization Offering Based on Next-Generation Microsoft Graphics and Gaming Technology

Debra Reed Elected to Avery Dennison Board of Directors

Wells Fargo Expands Public Finance Team to Support Municipal Energy Projects

Halliburton Awarded Contract to Provide Fluid Services to Total in Angola

Form 4 HALLIBURTON CO For: Dec 01 Filed by: Lotfy Ahmed H M (10K)

Form 4 HALLIBURTON CO For: Dec 01 Filed by: Nunez Craig W (10K)

Form 4 HALLIBURTON CO For: Dec 01 Filed by: PROBERT TIMOTHY J (10K)

Form 4 HALLIBURTON CO For: Dec 01 Filed by: MCCOLLUM MARK A (10K)

Form 4 HALLIBURTON CO For: Dec 01 Filed by: CORNELISON ALBERT O JR (10K)

Form 4 HALLIBURTON CO For: Dec 01 Filed by: Brown James S (10K)

Form 4 HALLIBURTON CO For: Dec 01 Filed by: Angelle Evelyn M (10K)

Form 4 HALLIBURTON CO For: Dec 01 Filed by: LESAR DAVID J (10K)

Form 4 HALLIBURTON CO For: Dec 01 Filed by: Pope Lawrence J (10K)

Form 4 HALLIBURTON CO For: Nov 13 Filed by: LESAR DAVID J (10K)