Catégorie - BP
London close: Footsie clings on
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Footsie managed to close with gains despite spending some of the day in the red, with oil giant BP leading the risers. BP climbed after it kicked off the oil majors results season with third quarter figures that showed a smaller than feared drop in profits.
2009-10-27 -
ShareCast
FTSE 100 movers: BP leads the way
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Shares in BP are higher after the oil giant kicked off the oil majors results season on Tuesday with third quarter figures that showed a smaller than feared drop in profits.
2009-10-27 -
ShareCast
BP Welcomes Paul Anderson as Non-Executive Director
The board of BP has appointed Mr. Paul Anderson as a non-executive director of BP with effect from February 1, 2010. Mr. Anderson is a non-executive director of BAE Systems plc and of Spectra Energy Corp. He has just stood down as a non-executive director of BHP Billiton.
2010-01-29 -
Rigzone
Thursday preview: Shell, Unilever, GSK, Vodafone, MPC
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Shareholders in Royal Dutch Shell are probably apprehensive ahead of the Anglo-Dutch oil titan’s fourth quarter results on Thursday after the drubbing the share price of perennial rival BP took following the UK company’s disappointing figures.
2010-02-03 -
ShareCast
BP to sell its share in Siberian gas field
Oil company BP's Russian joint venture plans to sell its share in a huge Siberian gas field to state-owned Rosneftegaz after years of official pressure, a shareholder in the joint venture told a Russian news agency Tuesday.
2010-03-23 -
Boston Globe
BP loses $32 billion in value on spill
Oil giant BP has a marketing slogan dubbed "Beyond Petroleum." If only that were true. That ad campaign has to rank up there with Toyota's "Moving Forward" motto as the most unintentionally hilarious of the year.
2010-05-04 -
CNN Money
Effort to Cap Gulf Oil Leak Fails Again
From Reuters: BP has given up on efforts by underwater robots to close valves on a failed blowout preventer at the site of a massive oil leak in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, an executive said on Friday. “We’ve essentially used up all those options,” Doug Suttles, chief operating officer for BP (BP.L) (BP.N) said regarding the [...]
2010-05-07 -
Naked Capitalism
Tampa Bay firms get ready for big fight against Big Oil
The gulf oil spill will cost oil giant BP and maybe others like Deepwater Horizon rig owner Transocean and Halliburton a barrelful of bucks in cleanup expenses. But it may be the coming wave of lawsuits from businesses and individuals claiming they were harmed by the impact of the spill that really sticks it to these oil industry wallets.
2010-05-25 -
St. Petersburg Times
Tampa Bay firms gird for big fight against Big Oil
The gulf oil spill will cost oil giant BP and maybe others like Deepwater Horizon rig owner Transocean and Halliburton a barrel full of bucks in clean-up expenses. But it may be the coming wave of lawsuits from businesses and individuals claiming they were harmed by the impact of the spill that really sticks it to these oil industry wallets.
2010-05-24 -
St. Petersburg Times
Lawmakers upset at BP no-show
JACKSON — Officials from BP, Halliburton and Transocean declined to attend the Mississippi House of Representatives hearings on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill this week — a decision that drew scorn from lawmakers Tuesday.
2010-06-09 -
The Biloxi Sun Herald
London close: Decent day for Footsie
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Footsie closed up handily after a decent start on Wall Street on a day dominated again by the problems besetting oil giant BP. On the economic front the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, as expected, left its interest rate and quantitative easing policies unchanged.
2010-06-10 -
ShareCast
BP Shareholders File Lawsuit Over Gulf Oil Spill
– Citing the company’s history of safety lapses, cost cutting, and workplace disasters, shareholders who purchased stock in BP have filed a class-action lawsuit based on claims that the company mislead investors prior to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico .
2010-06-10 -
dBusinessNews.com
US close: Late rally lifts Dow
LONDON (SHARECAST) - US staged a late rally to close flat on another day dominated by the Gulf of Mexico spill. BP's agreement to establish a $20bn escrow fund and cancel its quarterly dividend boosted sentiment later on with the shares in the UK oil giant closing higher.
2010-06-16 -
ShareCast
BP will meet Obama to discuss claims proposal
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Oil giant BP said in a brief statement that company representatives will meet with President Barack Obama later Wednesday "to discuss his proposal" for ensuring that all legitimate claims over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are paid in a fair and timely manner. The statement came after Obama said Tuesday that the company must set aside "whatever resources are required" to ...
2010-06-16 -
Market Watch
US doubles Gulf spill estimate
US government scientists have doubled their estimate of the amount of oil gushing out of a ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, as British energy giant BP scrambles to stem the leak.
2010-06-11 -
Stuff
European shares broadly lower but BP gains
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- European shares edged lower in early trading on Thursday, pulling back after six straight sessions of gains as miners lost ground. Chemicals group Rhodia managed to buck the lower trend, rising 3.5% after signing a deal to buy China's Feixiang Chemicals. BP shares surged 6.4% after it agreed to set aside money to cover claims from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and said it ...
2010-06-17 -
Market Watch
US close: Dow recovers near close
LONDON (SHARECAST) - US shares rallied near the close despite the distraction of BP chief executive Tony Hayward's appearance in front of a congressional committee on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
2010-06-17 -
ShareCast
CHRIS PATTEN Insularity will be Europe's downfall
AMERICAN exceptionalism, when it runs rampant, is a tsunami to be avoided. The oil company BP is discovering that right now. The environmental disaster destroying seaside communities around the Gulf of Mexico and killing off marine life is a globally important tragedy.
2010-06-25 -
New Straits Times
London afternoon: BP rises again
LONDON (SHARECAST) - Leading shares moved sideways over the lunch time session, with the Footsie staying in the red despite a surge by beleaguered oil giant BP.
2010-07-01 -
ShareCast
HUFFPOST HILL - JULY 16TH, 2010
What's Your Reaction? After such a busy Thursday -- financial reform cleared Congress and BP finally capped the leak -- we were hoping to transition into the weekend with some lighter fare.
2010-07-16 -
The Huffington Post