9:53 a.m. | Updated LONDON - BP agreed on Monday to sell a stake in a group of oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico to the Plains Exploration and Production Company of Houston for about $5.6 billion.
As BP Refocuses, It Sells Gulf Assets for $5.6 Billion
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After the Boom in Natural Gas
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Freeport-McMoRan Deal Draws Investor Criticism
The transactions will create a natural resources titan worth about $60 billion, including debt, and will reunite Freeport with McMoRan, the oil exploration company it spun off in 1994.
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Shares of Freeport Sink as Investors Assail Deals
Shares of Freeport tumbled more than 13 percent on Wednesday, after the mining concern announced plans to buy two oil and gas explorers, a move that that many investors are rejecting outright.
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Freeport's Deals Epitomize Industry's Conflicts of Interest
The conflicts of interest in the Freeport deals look bad even for a sector populated by the likes of Chesapeake Energy, SandRidge Energy and Kinder Morgan, the authors write.
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The Big Loan Backing Freeport's Energy Deals
JPMorgan Chase is the sole initial underwriter for a $9.5 billion loan facility to support Freeport-McMoRan's takeovers of two oil and gas explorers, in a move that the firm has made something of a specialty.
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Freeport Deals Too Cozy for Comfort
For the top executives involved -- but not shareholders so far -- Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold's acquisitions to get into the energy business appear very attractive, the author writes.
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Already Criticized, Freeport Deals Raise Questions of Conflicts
The brouhaha over Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold's recent acquisitions illustrates the sometimes unsatisfying way that corporate law deals with conflicts of interest.
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As BP Refocuses, It Sells Gulf Assets for $5.6 Billion
9:53 a.m. | Updated LONDON - BP agreed on Monday to sell a stake in a group of oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico to the Plains Exploration and Production Company of Houston for about $5.6 billion.
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As BP Refocuses, It Sells Gulf Assets for $5.6 Billion
9:53 a.m. | Updated LONDON - BP agreed on Monday to sell a stake in a group of oil fields in the Gulf of Mexico to the Plains Exploration and Production Company of Houston for about $5.6 billion....
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After the Boom in Natural Gas
↧
Freeport-McMoRan Deal Draws Investor Criticism
The transactions will create a natural resources titan worth about $60 billion, including debt, and will reunite Freeport with McMoRan, the oil exploration company it spun off in 1994....
↧
Shares of Freeport Sink as Investors Assail Deals
Shares of Freeport tumbled more than 13 percent on Wednesday, after the mining concern announced plans to buy two oil and gas explorers, a move that that many investors are rejecting outright....
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Freeport's Deals Epitomize Industry's Conflicts of Interest
The conflicts of interest in the Freeport deals look bad even for a sector populated by the likes of Chesapeake Energy, SandRidge Energy and Kinder Morgan, the authors write....
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The Big Loan Backing Freeport's Energy Deals
JPMorgan Chase is the sole initial underwriter for a $9.5 billion loan facility to support Freeport-McMoRan's takeovers of two oil and gas explorers, in a move that the firm has made something of a specialty....
↧
Freeport Deals Too Cozy for Comfort
For the top executives involved -- but not shareholders so far -- Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold's acquisitions to get into the energy business appear very attractive, the author writes....
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Already Criticized, Freeport Deals Raise Questions of Conflicts
The brouhaha over Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold's recent acquisitions illustrates the sometimes unsatisfying way that corporate law deals with conflicts of interest....
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