May 18- Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in U.S. history. Texas joins four other states that have sued BP and other companies in connection to the spill: Florida and Mississippi filed complaints last month, while Alabama and Louisiana did in 2010..
ZUG, Switzerland, May 17- Transocean Ltd said shareholders voted out Chairman Michael Talbert at the annual meeting on Friday and backed a nominee of activist investor Carl Icahn to replace him on the board of the world's largest offshore drilling contractor.
ZUG, Switzerland, May 17- Transocean Ltd said shareholders voted out Chairman Michael Talbert at the annual meeting on Friday and backed a nominee of activist investor Carl Icahn to replace him on the board of the world's largest offshore drilling contractor.
*BG Group, OGX, Total, BP among winners at Brazil auction. RIO DE JANEIRO, May 15- For the first time in nearly five years, Brazil's flagging oil industry has received serious interest from private investors.
*BG Group, OGX, Total, BP among big winners at Brazil auction. RIO DE JANEIRO, May 15- For the first time in nearly five years, Brazil's flagging oil industry has received a jolt of serious interest from private investors.
May 13- Transocean Ltd said on Monday that Chairman Michael Talbert will step down later this year, in a move that comes just days before the culmination of a fight between the offshore driller and investor Carl Icahn in which Talbert was a target.
May 9- Transocean Ltd, owner of the world's largest offshore drilling fleet, said on Thursday its capital expenditures this year would be $2.4 billion instead of $3 billion due to the timing of payments on rigs under construction.
May 9- Transocean Ltd, owner of the world's largest offshore drilling fleet, said on Thursday its capital expenditures this year would be $2.4 billion instead of $3 billion due to the timing of payments on rigs under construction.
News Corp is set to report quarterly earnings, but the focus will be on the company's impending spin-off of its publishing assets as separate company. (NEWSCORP-RESULTS/, expect by 2030 GMT/ 4:30 PM ET, by Lisa Richwine, 500 words). From Europe's fringe, Romania and Bulgaria seek acceptance.
April 30- Transocean Ltd, owner of the world's largest offshore drilling fleet, said on Tuesday a cost-cutting effort would yield $300 million in savings by next year, as the company fends off a board challenge from activist investor Carl Icahn. Shares of Transocean rose 0.6 percent in after-hours trading to $51.80.
LONDON, April 30- BP Plc has been hit by over 2,200 new lawsuits seeking payback for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill in the past few weeks as individuals, companies and government bodies rushed to stake their claim before their right to do so expired.
April 22- Halliburton Co is in "advanced" talks to settle private claims against it in a trial to determine blame for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill, the oilfield services company said on Monday, as it booked a $1 billion pretax charge for a possible deal.
*BP shifts blame to Transocean, Halliburton. NEW ORLEANS/ SAN FRANCISCO, April 22- BP Plc's attempt to get a U.S. federal court to pin at least a sizeable amount of the blame for the Deepwater Horizon disaster on other companies may have saved it billions of dollars.
April 22- Halliburton Co is in talks to settle private claims against it in a trial to determine how blame should be shared for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill, the company said on Monday, and it took a $1 billion pretax charge for a possible deal. The disclosure of the talks helped push Halliburton shares up 3.5 percent.
*Restart authorized about a year after field shutdown. RIO DE JANEIRO, April 8- Brazil's oil regulator, the ANP, said on Monday that it authorized Chevron Corp to restart output from an offshore oil field more than a year after a November 2011 spill forced the No. 2 U.S. oil company to stop Brazilian production.
President Barack Obama "essentially fired" Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in televised remarks this week, former Federal Reserve Governor Laurence Meyer says.
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 6:00 PM ETHow to approach the Fed's monetary decision, with Mad Money host Jim Cramer.
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2013 | 12:01 PM ETThe Federal Reserve won't change course on quantitative easing this week, Steve Weiss of Short Hills Capital says.