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21 hrs ago | Investopedia

Kirby Spending Money To Make Money

If a company is going to disappoint the Street and lower its guidance for the year, there are worse reasons than those cited by Kirby management recently.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Kirby, Appliances, Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Caterpillar

Yesterday | Boston.com

Does US need another imperial president like Lyndon Johnson?

It also raises an obvious question: Do we need a similarly imperial president to solve today's intractable problems? America faces not just a fiscal morass, but also an education deficit that threatens our future well-being. In these times, could we use another LBJ? The Kennedy assassination radically increased the power of the presidency.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Healthcare Law, Law, US News, US Politics, Mitt Romney, Opinion

Wed May 30, 2012

Speaking of Security

Telling the Story: Using Narrative in Talking about Security

A Just before going onstage for my presentation, I had a great conversation with David Frazier about the approaches he's taken not only in security strategy, but in discussing security with the executive team.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas

Mon May 28, 2012

Free Republic

Barack Obama is no liberal – he’s a lying,...

Full title: Barack Obama is no liberal - he's a lying, corrupt, lawbreaking, power hungry, crony-capitalist. Here are 92 examples.

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Related Topix: George Bush, Energy, Oil & Gas

Reuters

Justice Department probes whether BP execs lied to Congress: WSJ

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether BP executives lied to Congress about how much oil leaked in the company's 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the investigation.

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Related Topix: Oil Spill, Energy, Oil & Gas

Seeking Alpha

Evil Troika

Although behavior is not really part of the definition, for many, the word still conjures up the Stalin era judicial system and its use of three impartial judges to find you guilty of a crime to be determined after your execution.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Transocean

Fri May 25, 2012

Money Morning

Three Oil Stocks to Watch as Drilling Activity Soars

Gold could break $2,200 in the next six months. And here's how you can get double - or higher - returns on your gold investments this year... A "triple threat" of pressures is building up underneath the silver markets.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Valero Energy, Energy, Oil & Gas, West, TX, Apache

Thu May 24, 2012

Seeking Alpha

Weatherford: 4 Reasons To Buy This Oil Stock Bargain

Weatherford International, Ltd. shares have dropped along with the markets and the price of oil.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Weatherford International

Wed May 23, 2012

Bloomberg

Halliburton Demand Spurs Vikas to Expand: Corporate India

Vikas WSP Ltd. plans to more than double capacity to produce guar gum in India after surging demand for the product from Halliburton Co.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, World News, India, Tulsa, OK

Tue May 22, 2012

Seeking Alpha

4 Undervalued High Growth Stocks

When a company's earnings are estimated to increase by an average of more than 25% a year over the next five years, it's a beautiful thing - but when that company is priced at less than 10 times its forward earnings, it is even better.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Energy, Oil & Gas, Newmont Mining Corporation of Canada, Mining

Mon May 21, 2012

Seeking Alpha

Canyon Services Group: 1st Quarter 2012 Earnings Analysis

Canyon Services Group once again reported stellar earnings for the 1st quarter 2012.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Schlumberger, Rpc

Seeking Alpha

RPC Inc: Is Rising Oil Production Saving The Economy?

As the market continues to reward companies with little to no earnings or growth, one sector that continues to get punished for producing record profits is the oil and gas services industry.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Rpc

Sun May 20, 2012

Houston Chronicle

Maconda Brown O'Connor, philanthropist

Maconda Brown O'Conner , a daughter of George R. Brown, set up shop in one of the city's toughest juvenile detention centers after she earned a doctorate in social work.

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Related Topix: Houston, TX, Bill White, US Governors, River Oaks (Houston, TX), Energy, Oil & Gas, Standardized Testing, Education

Seeking Alpha

3 Reasons To Buy Halliburton While The Stock Is Cheap

Halliburton Company shares have dropped to a level that should interest value investors.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas

Thu May 17, 2012

Fox News

Halliburton Gets $95 Million Gazprom Neft Contract In Iraq

Gazprom Neft, which is a majority-owned by gas giant OAO Gazprom , said testing of the first well, is scheduled to start in the third quarter of this year.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Business News

Wed May 16, 2012

Seeking Alpha

Analyst Upgrade Could Boost This Beaten Down Energy Concern

The commodity and energy sectors and the firms that serve them have been taken out and shot over the last few weeks.

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Related Topix: Noble Corporation New Cayman, Energy, Oil & Gas, Transocean

Seeking Alpha

This Stock Is Quietly Outperforming Its Peers

Fundamental analysis is only half the battle. One of the thorny aspects of investing is that even after performing the greatest due diligence in the world and thinking a stock is an absolute steal at a certain price, a stock, for a variety of reasons, can continue to sell off in a major way.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Baker Hughes, Oil & Gas, Schlumberger, Energy

Tue May 15, 2012

Seeking Alpha

Why Halliburton's Shares Are Underpriced

As part of our process, we perform a rigorous discounted cash-flow methodology that dives into the true intrinsic worth of companies.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Financial Markets

Forbes.com

Insiders Buy the Holdings of Oih Etf

A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the Oil Services ETF shows an impressive 10.9% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months.

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Related Topix: Energy, Oil & Gas, Superior Energy Services, Financial Markets

Mon May 14, 2012

Value Line

Stock Screen: Stocks with Healthy Price Appreciation Potential - May 14, 2012

In this screen, we focus on stocks that are expected to perform well both in the next six to 12 months and for the pull to 2015-2017. To be included in our list, issues had to be ranked 3 , or better, for Timeliness , one of Value Line's many proprietary rankings.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Energy, Oil & Gas

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