All Posts Tagged With: "CEO"
(XOM) Chinese Oil Companies: How to Play the Inevitable Shift
It’s crazy to think that in just the last three years, China has become the world’s second largest economy, the world’s largest energy consumer, and the world’s second largest oil consumer.
A recent PriceWaterhouseCoopers report even estimates, “China could...
(CEO) CNOOC Finds Gas in Yinggehai
Chinese offshore giant CNOOC Ltd. (CEO) has made another breakthrough in the high temperature and high-pressure natural gas reservoir in Yinggehai Basin.
The new discovery made in Dongfang (DF) 13-2...
(PNRA) Panera Bread’s COO Steps Down
Panera Bread Co. (PNRA) has recently announced that effective May 31, 2012, John Maguire will no longer serve as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company. Maguire resigned...
(KKD) Krispy Kreme Doughnuts COO Steps Down
Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (KKD) recently announced that its President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Kenneth A. May has stepped down from his position citing personal...
(ETFC) E*TRADE Financial Doubles CEO’s Pay Package
E*TRADE Financial Corporation’s (ETFC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Steven Freiberg’s total compensation, including a cash bonus, had been raised to $6.3 million in 2011, according to a regulatory...
(TROW) T. Rowe Price Group CEO Gets Pay Hike
T. Rowe Price Group Inc.’s (TROW) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), James A.C. Kennedy, got a 10% hike in his total compensation package. His salary had been increased to $7.8 million in 2011 from $7.1 million,...
(JNS) Janus Capital Group CEO Gets a Pay Cut
Janus Capital Group Inc.’s (JNS) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Richard Weil’s total compensation had been reduced to $6.1 million in 2011 from $20.3 million, including a signing bonus of $10 million, in...
(PTR) PetroChina Buys into Canadian Asset
Chinese energy giant PetroChina Co. Ltd. (PTR) inked an asset acquisition deal with Royal Dutch Shell plc (RDSA). Per the agreement, PetroChina...
(CEO) Marriott International Passing Baton to Sorenson
Even though his surname is not Marriott, Arne Sorenson will succeed J.W. Marriott, Jr. as chief executive officer (CEO) of Marriott International Inc. (MAR) next year. Sorenson will be the third CEO in the...
(EIA) Shale Gas: A Boon or Bubble?
Over the last few years, a quiet revolution has been reshaping the energy business in the U.S. Known as ‘shale gas’ – natural gas trapped within dense sedimentary rock formations, or shale formations – it is being seen as a game changer, set to usher in an era of energy...
(CEO) CNOOC Closes OPTI Canada Deal
CNOOC Ltd. (CEO) has closed its previously announced purchase of Canadian oil sands operator OPTI Canada Inc. The $2.1 billion transaction was first declared in July.
Estimated holdings of OPTI include...
(WMT) Wal-Mart Stores Reopens Stores in China
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) has reopened 13 stores in southwest China, which were ordered to shut down two weeks before by the municipal government of China.
The municipal government of...
(SHI) China Buying its Way to Shale Technology
by Justin Dove, Investment U Research
(WMT) Wal-Mart Stores Close in China
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) has agreed to stop operations at 13 stores in southwest China, following the allegations of mislabeling ordinary pork as organic.
The municipal government of...
(CHK) Utica Shale Could Generate 204,500 Jobs
by Justin Dove, Investment U Research
(PPDI) Pharmaceutical Product Development Hires New CEO
Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. (PPDI) recently announced the appointment of Mr. Raymond Hill as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and also a member of the Board of Directors effective from September...
(ORCL) Oracle Corporation 2012 First Quarter Earnings Preview
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) is set to release its first quarter 2012 results on Sept 20, 2011, after the closing bell. In the run up to the earnings results, we do not notice any substantial movement in analysts’...
(ORCL) Oracle and Google Set to Settle Claims
According to a recent report from news agency Bloomberg, Oracle Corp. (ORCL) and Google Inc. (GOOG) have agreed to attend a settlement...
(AAPL) Apple Slips on Steve Jobs’ Retirement
Apple Inc. (AAPL) shares slipped $19.08 (5.07%) to $357.10 in after hours trading, following the resignation of its maverick Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Steve Jobs. Subsequently, Apple...
(HPQ) Hewlett-Packard Company Plans Major Restructuring
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) is planning an extensive restructuring, as announced by its chief executive officer (CEO) Leo Apotheker. In order to focus more on the high-growth and high-margin business, the CEO...
(VLO) Oil and Natural Gas Stock Outlook – July 2011 – Industry Outlook
Crude Oil
The improving economic scene – both here in the U.S. as well as worldwide – and the continued unrest in producing countries had been the main driver of the oil rally, which saw the commodity zoom past the $110 per barrel level earlier...
(PTR) PetroChina in Talks With Vietnam National Petroleum Corporation
State-controlled Chinese energy giant PetroChina (PTR) is in talks with Vietnam National Petroleum Corporation, or Petrolimex, for a $212 million project that will strengthen business ties between the two...
(LPS) Lender Processing Services CEO Resigns
Lender Processing Services Inc (LPS), a provider of integrated technology and outsourced services to the mortgage lending industry in the United States, recently announced that its Chief Executive Officer...
(PTR) PetroChina, INEOS Complete Joint Ventures
State-controlled Chinese energy giant PetroChina Co. Ltd. (PTR) has closed the formation of its previously announced two joint ventures with a privately held British chemicals firm, INEOS Group Holdings plc....
(DELL) Dell Explains Blueprint for Growth
World’s second largest PC maker, Dell Inc. (DELL) chalked out some plans to earn better returns from investments. At its recent analyst meeting, the chief executive officer (CEO) Michael Dell expressed...
(KONA) Kona Grill’s CEO Resigns (revised)
Scottsdale-based Kona Grill, Inc. (KONA) recently announced that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and President Marc A. Buehler has resigned to pursue other opportunities.
Buehler joined the American...
(ORCL) Oracle and Hewlett-Packard Entangled in Lawsuit
Oracle Corp. (ORCL) has been sued by Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) better known as HP, claiming...
(HPQ) Hewlett Packard Lets Halo Go – Nurtures WebOS
Better known as an acquirer, Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ) recently broke the trend by divesting its Halo video conferencing business to the unified collaboration solutions provider Polycom Inc....
(VLO) Oil & Gas Industry Outlook – May 2011 – Industry Outlook
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Crude Oil
The improving economic scene –- both here in the U.S. as well as worldwide –- and the continued unrest in producing countries had been the main driver of the oil rally that saw the commodity zoom...
(CHK) Chesapeake Energy Tops on Higher Volume
Natural gas provider, Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK) reported sharper-than-expected adjusted first quarter 2011 earnings of 75 cents per share, striding ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 70 cents. The...