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Tuesday | MarketNewsVideo

BJ Services Swings to a Loss

BJ Services posted a fourth quarter loss of $9.95 million, or 3 cents per share, as compared to net income of $168 million, or 57 cents per share, in the same quarter last year.

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Related Topix: BJ Services, Energy, Oil & Gas, Video, Business News

Mon Nov 23, 2009

Market Watch

BJ Services swings to a loss

BJ Services said its operating loss totaled a penny a share, compared to net income of 59 cents a share in the year-ago period.

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Related Topix: BJ Services, Energy, Oil & Gas

Sun Nov 22, 2009

TulsaWorld.com - Business

Fyi: Business

The number of drilling rigs actively exploring for oil or gas in Oklahoma edged up by two this week to 79, Baker Hughes Inc.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas

Fri Nov 20, 2009

SanLuisObispo.com

US rig count this week up 12

The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. this week has risen by 12 this week to 1,113. Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, Arkansas

SOA World Magazine

The Fortune Financial Covers Financial & Sector Analysis for Technology and Basic Materials Companies

Uncertainty over whether a homebuyer tax credit would be extended weighed down construction last month, a sign of how much the fledging recovery depends on government support.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, Computers, Ingram Micro, Education, Software, Real Estate, Winn Dixie Stores, CBL and Associates Properties, Retail, Grocery, Seagate Technology

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Star-telegram.com

Briefs: Number of oil and gas rigs is up in Texas, U.S.

Number of oil and gas rigs is up in Texas, U.S. Led by Texas, the number of rigs drilling for oil and natural gas in the U.S. jumped this week to 1,101, according to Houston-based oil field services firm Baker Hughes.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, Tarrant County, TX

Tue Nov 17, 2009

TulsaWorld.com - Business

Fyi: Business

The number of drilling rigs actively exploring for oil or gas in Oklahoma edged down by one this week to 77, Baker Hughes Inc.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, Texas, California, California Government, The Regulators, Country, Prison

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Barron's

Land Drillers More Than a Bit Underutilized

MKM Partners pegs market utilization at about 44% for land rigs. MKM Partners THE REBRANDED 56TH annual Rig Census was released this week, depicting a 2009 land-drilling market that has suffered from plunging demand , and still-increasing supply .

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas

Sat Nov 14, 2009

The US Market Blog

Enterprising Investors: 10 Undervalued Stocks

This screen is of the Modern Graham valuation database's most undervalued companies suitable for the enterprising investor.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Oil & Gas, Cable & Satellite, Garmin, Telecom

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Victoria Advocate

Baker Oil Tools to close its Yorktown shop in mid-January

Baker Oil Tools will close its doors in mid-January. The oil field equipment and services company made the announcement earlier this week, Yorktown Mayor Renee Hernandez said.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Seeking Alpha

Morgan Stanley's Nine Best Ideas

Morgan Stanley North America recently released their list of best ideas a list of actionable ideas from various sectors and analysts that rank as their leading stock investment insights .

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, BJ Services, Energy, HP, Computers

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Fresno Bee

Updates: Big-rig plummets off Bay Bridge

A trucker is dead after his big rig plummeted 200 feet off the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge early Monday and smashed onto an island below.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Metro, Oakland, CA

GuruFocus.com

Hiland Partners LP Common Units Reports Operating Results

Hiland Partners LP Common Units filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30. Hiland PartnersLP is a growth-oriented midstream energy master limited partnership engaged in gatheringcompressingdehydratingtreatingprocessing and marketing natural gasand fractionatingor separatingnatural gas liquids.

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Related Topix: Marketing, Oil & Gas

Sun Nov 08, 2009

MarketWatch

Earnings Watch: Updates, advisories and surprises

Exxon Mobil Chemical's /quotes/comstock/13*!xom /quotes/nls/xom affiliate TonenGeneral said Wednesday it's launching a 50-50 joint venture with Toray Industries to develop products for the battery separator film business.

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Related Topix: Exxon Mobil, Oil & Gas, Energy, MarketWatch, Startups, Media, Computers, FactSet Research Systems, IT Services, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Transocean

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Motley Fool

Do You Really Want to Buy Oilfield Services?

It hasn't been a top-notch earnings season for the oilfield services sector. Halliburton , the second-largest participant in the group, led off with mediocre results, but did manage to beat expectations.

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Related Topix: Halliburton, Energy, Oil & Gas, Weatherford International, Schlumberger, BJ Services

R & D

Number of active rigs increase by 9

The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. this week rose by nine this week to 1,078. Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas

Reuters

WRAPUP 2-Slow oilfield recovery hits Transocean, Baker Hughes

Oil and gas companies, faced with commodity prices sharply down from last year, have put pressure on the companies that serve them to get costs down.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, Transocean, Energy, Oil States International

Thu Nov 05, 2009

TheStreet.com

Baker Hughes Net Income Drops 87%

Baker Hughes reported a sharp drop in third-quarter results as the company was impacted by greater-than-expected price discounting.

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Related Topix: Oil & Gas, Business News

Ticker

Garmin, Con-way Plunge; Solera Soars

Solera Holdings surged 12% after it lifted its fiscal year earnings outlook. Trucking company Con-way Inc plunged after quarterly revenues and net fell.

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Garmin, Telecom, Solera Holdings, Software, Financial Markets, Oil & Gas, Kraft Foods, Food, BJ Services, Energy

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The US Market Blog

Report from Europe: All Bulled Up Pre Fed Meeting

The S&P 500 managed to eek out a 0.2% gain overnight Tuesday, largely thanks to the industrials and basic materials sectors, together with an M&A-driven jump in the transport sector as Warren B. plays Texas Hold'em and goes all in on the future of the US economy.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Hartford Financial Services Group, Insurance, Time Warner, Media, Computers, Oil & Gas, Liz Claiborne, Apparel

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