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Trade of the Day: Seadrill (SDRL)

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:30:11 -0400

HRT fails to find commercial oil in first of three Namibia wells

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:01:46 -0400

* HRT says non-commercial amounts of top-quality oil found

Global Hunter Sees Noble Catching Fast Money Following Transocean's Dip on Friday

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:06:59 -0400

Global Hunter's Brian Uhlmer issued a note early Monday suggesting the fast money may shift from Transocean (NYSE: RIG) to Noble Corp. (NYSE: NE) in the wake of a 1.3 percent decline on Friday. Traders attributed the move lower in Transocean to shareholders rejection of Carl

Pre-Market Analysis on SD, MHR, RIG, and PSE

Mon, 20 May 2013 10:55:00 -0400

With More Cash Transocean Can Invest In Growth After Rejecting Icahn’s Dividend Plan

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:45:12 -0400

Transocean Should Invest More In Growth After Rejecting Icahn’s Dividend Plan

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:45:12 -0400

Transocean Earnings In Retrospect: Down 2.2% in the Last 12 Days (RIG)

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:33:00 -0400

Texas joins flood of states suing BP over 2010 Gulf spill

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:19:48 -0400

May 18 (Reuters) - 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.

UPDATE 2-Transocean chairman voted out, $2.24/shr dividend backed

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:18:18 -0400

ZUG, Switzerland, May 17 (Reuters) - Transocean Ltd 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.

Icahn Wins Seat On Transocean Board

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:56:00 -0400

Shareholders send clear message that immediate fiscal discipline is a necessity

Shareholders Overwhelmingly Approve Transocean's Dividend Proposal at 2013 Annual General Meeting

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:49:00 -0400

Over 75% of Non-Icahn Shares Support Company's Capital Allocation Strategy

Carl Icahn boosts stake in Transocean, Dell

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:19 -0400

Transocean (RIG) Shareholders Reject Icahn $4 Dividend Proposal

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:49:20 -0400

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Payout official set for surge in BP spill claims

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:46:12 -0400

The deadline for claims against BP Plc in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is 11 months away, but the man responsible for paying the claims said on Thursday he is already bracing for a late surge in filings.

Icahn Wins One, Loses One at Transocean Shareholder Meeting

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:12:00 -0400

DailyFinance.com: Activist investor Carl Icahn had proposed that the world's largest offshore drilling firm, Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG), pay shareholders a one-time dividend of $4 a share and to replace 3 board members with a slate of candidates Icahn supported. ... Read more

Potential 'Rip' Today in Transocean (RIG), Analyst has Eye on May $57.50 Calls

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:31:16 -0400

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A Closer Look at Today's Options Activity for Transocean

Fri, 17 May 2013 03:00:00 -0400

NEW YORK (AVAFIN) -- Unsual volume of call contracts traded on the exchange. The ...

Wall Street Whale Watching

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:36:09 -0400

Major hedge fund managers and investment gurus are required to notify the SEC about their investment moves quarter by quarter. Many investors pore over this data in the belief the big fish have special insight into what's working. After all, they became big fish somehow, right?

T. Boone Pickens sells positions in several Houston energy companies

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:51:02 -0400

Energy stocks inch lower, Hess among top losers

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:21:29 -0400

Energy stocks edge lower, with Hess Corp. among the top decliners as it ends a proxy fight with activist shareholder Elliott Management.

Summary of 13F from Tepper's Appaloosa

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:09:18 -0400

Tepper's Appaloosa Management releases 13F:

David Tepper's Appaloosa Management released its 13F earlier and saw a slight increase in its value from $4.61billion to $4.71 billion.

(All units are in millions of shares)

Raised:

• Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) from 3.42 to 3.62 • Celanese (NYSE: CE) from 0.65 to 1.05 • Ford

Carl Icahn's Q1 13F Reveals Little New

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:44:29 -0400

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Cooperman's Omega Advisors Gets Into Gold and Silver ETFs (GLD) (GDX) (SLV) (more...)

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:56:43 -0400

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UPDATE 1-Brazil's tarnished oil industry polishes image with rights sale

Wed, 15 May 2013 14:03:20 -0400

* BG Group, OGX, Total, BP among winners at Brazil auction

Tepper's Appaloosa Enters Check Point Software (CHKP), Cuts Apple (AAPL) and JPMorgan (JPM)

Wed, 15 May 2013 11:36:08 -0400

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Brazil's tarnished oil industry polishes image with rights sale

Wed, 15 May 2013 02:26:38 -0400

* BG Group, OGX, Total, BP among big winners at Brazil auction

Carl Icahn

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:08:44 -0400

'Carl Icahn Deserves The Nobel Prize'

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:08:44 -0400

According to my old friend Robert A.G. Monks -- at 80 years of age still the sharpest thinking corporate governance guru in the world-- Carl Icahn, the 77 year old summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University (thw wealthiest man on Wall Street), should get the Nobel for leading America's hedge fund community to the dynamic legitimization of the corporate governance movement in America. By Monks' reckoning-- and he's been waging war on inept managements as well as passive institutional investors for some time now-- the take-no-prisoners hedge fund operators are taking the corporate governance movement over just in time from the theoretical economists and impotent do-gooders who have been mostly preaching-- rather than acting-- all these many decades.

Transocean, Icahn trade barbs over nominees, dividends

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:01:12 -0400

Icahn Sends Letter to Transocean (RIG) Holders; Urges Larger Dividend, New Directors

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:17:47 -0400

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Carl Icahn Issues Letter, Says Ethos Recommends His Slate for Transocean Board, Urges Holders to Propose Raised Dividend to $4/Share

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:13:09 -0400

Carl C. Icahn today delivered the following open letter to shareholders of Transocean Ltd. Dear Fellow Transocean (NYSE: RIG) Shareholders:

Today, after facing strong shareholder dissent, and in what appears to be a last ditch effort to preserve his reelection, Mike Talbert has promised shareholders that if elected, he will shortly resign. We find

UPDATE 1-Transocean chairman to step down after Icahn attack

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:16:54 -0400

May 13 (Reuters) - 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.

Despite Being Target of Activism, Transocean (RIG) Still a Sell - Analyst

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:10:54 -0400

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Energy stocks fall; coal miners are worst hit

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:18:28 -0400

Energy stocks are lower, with coal miners Consol Energy and Peabody Energy among the worst hit. Hess gains ahead of the week’s shareholder meeting.

Transocean (RIG) Chairman Talbert to Step Down

Mon, 13 May 2013 06:41:49 -0400

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A Closer Look at Today's Options Activity for Transocean (RIG)

Mon, 13 May 2013 03:00:00 -0400

NEW YORK (AVAFIN) -- Transocean options set a new 90-day record for the number ...

Transocean says chairman to step down in the next year

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:36:34 -0400

May 13 (Reuters) - Offshore driller Transocean Ltd said early on Monday chairman and former chief executive Michael Talbert will step down in the next year, a move that comes days before a proxy fight between the company and billionaire investor Carl Icahn.

J. Michael Talbert Announces Plans for Retirement From Transocean's Board of Directors

Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Analyst Moves: RIG, APC, BSX

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:31:50 -0400

This morning, Credit Suisse increased its price target on shares of Transocean (RIG) to $60 as the company's cost cutting efforts will results in higher earnings. In the report, Credit Suisse revised its EPS estimates higher but maintained its neutral rating.

Free Research Reports on CDE, FNMA, RIG and ROST Issued by the Bedford Report

Fri, 10 May 2013 08:15:00 -0400

Note to Editors: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by the Equity News Circuit

April's Picks & Pans

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:24:18 -0400

From last Friday's sharply higher open, the Spyder Trust (SPY) has closed higher for the past four days, gaining 2.2% so far in May. The tech sector has started to catch up as the Powershares QQQ Trust (QQQ) is up 2.8% so far this month.

Closing Bell for Thursday on Wall Street: Lower Opening and Close Despite Jobs Report

Thu, 09 May 2013 12:07:00 -0400

DailyFinance.com: U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning after the Bank of England left its key interest rate and asset purchase program unchanged (more coverage here). In Asia, China's consumer price index rose 2.4% year-over-year and 0.2% in the last ... Read more

Solid Demand Fuels Transocean’s Earnings

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:50:36 -0400

Transocean cuts capital spending on timing of rig payments

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:16:32 -0400

May 9 (Reuters) - 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.

BRIEF-Transocean has 4 standard jackups left to sell

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:07:37 -0400

May 9 (Reuters) - Transocean Ltd : * CEO says sold 3 standard jackups in Q1, has only 4 left for sale; plans to

Transocean’s Dive Into Deepwater Paying Off

Thu, 09 May 2013 10:10:45 -0400

Early Movers: GMCR, GRPN & More

Thu, 09 May 2013 07:47:56 -0400

These are the stocks posting the largest moves before the bell.

Leading European and US Proxy Advisors Support All Five of Transocean's Board Nominees and $2.24 per Share Dividend Proposal

Thu, 09 May 2013 07:00:00 -0400

UPDATE 1-Transocean profit short of Wall Street estimates

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:17:46 -0400

May 8 (Reuters) - Transocean Ltd, the world's largest offshore drilling contractor, reported on Wednesday a weaker-than-expected rise in quarterly profit as some of its rigs could not work for a period of time due to a third-party equipment problem.

After-Hours Buzz: GMCR, GRPN, ATVI & More

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:37:13 -0400

Check out which companies are making headlines after the bell Wednesday: