At least four firms lift their price targets for Helmerich & Payne (HP +0.8%) after FQ1 results, due mostly to expected higher margins ahead for the U.S. land business segment after success in reducing operational expenses, reflecting a new procurement system, improved processes and a consistently high-quality fleet. BMO moves its target to $70 from $65; Dahlman Rose pushes to $81 from $68. [View news story]
The ugly battle between Kazuo Okada and Wynn Resorts (WYNN -0.1%) takes another turn with the revelation that Japanese businessman paid a "fixer" $30M to help his company clear some hurdles for a casino. If the allegations prove true, it could put an end to Okada's bid to reverse the forced redemption of a large block of WYNN stock. [View news story]
rumors? Okada is more crooked than a tree branch....hopefully this ends his bid to reverse the forced redemption.
The cost of Chevron’s (CVX -0.8%) massive Gorgon liquefied natural gas project in Western Australia could balloon as much as $20B, and CVX is expected to reveal the cost blow-out before year-end, sources say. CVX’s current cost estimate for the 15M metric tons/year LNG project, which is expected to deliver its first gas in 2014, is ~$37M. [View news story]
Well they have 21.5B in the bank so should be no problem....
Google (GOOG) vs. Apple (AAPL) is the mobile industry's "defining fight," says Eric Schmidt in an AllThingsD interview, while boasting cumulative Android activations will top 1B in a year. Schmidt, who recently refused to promise Google's iOS search deal will last, also took another shot (previous) at Apple's legal actions, promised Google won't become a content developer, and (citing regulators and a "pretty binding" Microsoft-Yahoo deal) downplayed the odds of a Google-Yahoo (YHOO) search deal. [View news story]
so what's your point? I would only care if I was a lawyer for one firm or the other....$$ ...otherwise I don't care who copied who as long as it works and it's costs less
Shares of Walgreen (WAG) fall 3.1% premarket after the company's earnings beat isn't enough to overcome its sluggish comparable sales numbers and rather dour outlook on consumer spending habits. Analysts continue to warn that the upside for WAG could be limited with the highly leveraged Alliance Boots deal sitting as an overhang. [View news story]
short term concerns....need to have long term outlook.
Cantor Fitzgerald predicts that the DOD decision to snub Walgreen (WAG -2.4%) will tip over to affect sentiment on the company. The pharmacy network decision, along with Walgreen's sluggish sales report, has shares seeing red. [View news story]
At least four firms lift their price targets for Helmerich & Payne (HP +0.8%) after FQ1 results, due mostly to expected higher margins ahead for the U.S. land business segment after success in reducing operational expenses, reflecting a new procurement system, improved processes and a consistently high-quality fleet. BMO moves its target to $70 from $65; Dahlman Rose pushes to $81 from $68. [View news story]
The ugly battle between Kazuo Okada and Wynn Resorts (WYNN -0.1%) takes another turn with the revelation that Japanese businessman paid a "fixer" $30M to help his company clear some hurdles for a casino. If the allegations prove true, it could put an end to Okada's bid to reverse the forced redemption of a large block of WYNN stock. [View news story]
The cost of Chevron’s (CVX -0.8%) massive Gorgon liquefied natural gas project in Western Australia could balloon as much as $20B, and CVX is expected to reveal the cost blow-out before year-end, sources say. CVX’s current cost estimate for the 15M metric tons/year LNG project, which is expected to deliver its first gas in 2014, is ~$37M. [View news story]
Google (GOOG) vs. Apple (AAPL) is the mobile industry's "defining fight," says Eric Schmidt in an AllThingsD interview, while boasting cumulative Android activations will top 1B in a year. Schmidt, who recently refused to promise Google's iOS search deal will last, also took another shot (previous) at Apple's legal actions, promised Google won't become a content developer, and (citing regulators and a "pretty binding" Microsoft-Yahoo deal) downplayed the odds of a Google-Yahoo (YHOO) search deal. [View news story]
Shares of Walgreen (WAG) fall 3.1% premarket after the company's earnings beat isn't enough to overcome its sluggish comparable sales numbers and rather dour outlook on consumer spending habits. Analysts continue to warn that the upside for WAG could be limited with the highly leveraged Alliance Boots deal sitting as an overhang. [View news story]
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Cantor Fitzgerald predicts that the DOD decision to snub Walgreen (WAG -2.4%) will tip over to affect sentiment on the company. The pharmacy network decision, along with Walgreen's sluggish sales report, has shares seeing red. [View news story]