Business News
ABJ - July 20 - Ensign Energy Services Inc. has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the land drilling division of Rowan Companies, Inc., for US$510 million plus working capital, payable in cash on closing, which is expected to occur ...
ABJ - July 19 - The Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers decreased 0.2 per cent in June on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 3.6 per cent before ...
ABJ - July 18 - The current drama in Washington over increasing the U.S. debt ceiling and related conditions to reduce deficits is just the opening act in a long series of intense negotiations. There is no pain-free way for the United States to deal ...
ABJ - July 15 - Where mining number one BHP Billiton goes,
the masses inevitably follow, so what does the super-uber-major’s $12.1 billion
cash bid for independent oil company, Petrohawk, mean in terms of BHP’s
interests in U.S. energy?
According to Marius Kloppers, BHP’s chief
executive, “Petrohawk is attractive to ...
ABJ - July 15 - Where mining number one BHP Billiton goes, the masses inevitably follow, so what does the super-uber-major’s $12.1 billion cash bid for independent oil company, Petrohawk, mean in terms of BHP’s interests in U.S. energy? According to Marius Kloppers, BHP’s ...
ABJ - July 15 - Milwaukee-based Joy Global Inc. will purchase a 41 per cent stake in International Mining Machinery Holdings Ltd, of China, for $585 million, but there are more conditions to this sale than first glances suggest. The buy need to be ...
ABJ - July 15 - CIBC announced today that it will acquire a 41 per cent equity interest in American Century Investments, a major U.S. asset management company with US$112 billion under management and a track record of solid earnings and strong investment performance. ...
ABJ - July 14 - Gunpowder Gold Corporation has announced completion of the first phase of its exploration program on the Dome Rock property in Arizona. Phase 1 of the exploration program included sediment sampling wherein multiple sediment samples were taken on ...
ABJ - July 13 - Around 50 people gathered at the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in Charleston, West Virginia, to pit themselves against plans put forward by Frasure Creek Mining to carry out strip mining in the picturesque New River Gorge region, Fayette County. ...
ABJ - July 13 - Capital One Financial Corp. today announced net income for the second quarter of 2011 of $911 million, or $1.97 per diluted common share, compared with net income of $1 billion, or $2.21 per diluted common share, for the first quarter ...
