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Wood Group’s (LSE:WG.) share price gained 4.76% today on the London Exchange, closing at 660.00, up 30.00 points from yesterday’s close of 630.00. Today’s increase continues to build on a pattern that started on 14 January when the stock began recovering after hitting a 52-week low of 527.00. More than 2.5 million shares traded hands […]

– Fourth quarter 2014 constant currency revenues up 7.6% comparably with non-GAAP operating margins at 9.6% – Agent productivity gains and expense leverage drive fourth quarter 2014 diluted earnings per share results above business outlook expectations – Full-year 2015 business outlook implies anticipated non-GAAP operating margin expansion despite foreign exchange headwinds...

So who is new at the top? Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE:ALV), the worldwide automotive safety systems firm, has elected Ms. Aicha Evans and Mr. David E. Kepler as new members of its board of directors. The Board of Directors further declared a quarterly dividend of 56 cents per share for the second quarter 2015, an increase […]

Farm-Out of Tarbes Permit in France Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas exploration and development company with a combination of producing and exploration assets in Europe, has signed a Farm-Out Agreement in relation to its 100% owned Tarbes Val d’Adour Permit onshore France with Vermilion REP SAS, a wholly […]

The share price of FTSE 100 member, AstraZenca, plunged 82.50 points, a decline of 1.81%, to 4,468.50 today, following announcement of an adverse ruling by the U.S. District Court of New Jersey. The court ruled, in a continuation of a case that has been on the its docket since 2013, that AstraZeneca’s patent number 6,598,603 is […]

Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Leading Oilfield Services Company Cluff Natural Resources Plc, the AIM quoted natural resources investing company, has announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Halliburton Manufacturing and Services Limited, one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry, with a view to […]

I knew there was a reason that I have used Shell (LSE:RDSA) gasoline in my cars for 35 years, but today I gained a better understanding because of what Shell’s CEO Ben ven Beurden is saying about the oil industry and fossil fuels in general. I don’t believe that he has it completely right – […]

Ormat Technologies to be Included in the TASE Flagship Index TA-25 Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:ORA) announced today that further to its news release on November 10, 2014, the Company completed the share exchange transaction with its parent entity, Ormat Industries Ltd. (“OIL”) following which, it became a non-controlled public company and its public float increased […]

(Nasdaq:INOV) Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced that trading of Inovalon Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:INOV) a leading technology provider of advanced cloud-based data analytics and data-driven intervention platforms to the healthcare industry, commenced on The Nasdaq Stock Market on February 12, 2015. In a statement the company said “Inovalon is a leading technology company that combines advanced...

Acquisition of NAP USA, Inc unconditional, Placing, further issue of new Shares and settlement of Darwin Loan Note Northcote (LSE:NCT), an onshore US oil and gas exploration and production company, has said that the acquisition of NAP USA Inc. is now unconditional with all conditions precedent having been met. This follows the issue of 1,730,725,004 […]