Halliburton

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  Wall Street drops on uncertainty about Cyprus

  Investors in U.S. equities took advantage of the anxiety in Europe to cash in some recent gains, which have put the S&P 500 on track to post its best quarter in a year. Tuesday's selloff, however, has set the S&P 500 for its biggest largest daily loss in three weeks.

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  Delhi High Court Vacates Order Restraining Vedanta From Invoking Halliburton’s Bank Guarantees

  The court vacated its order restraining invocation of bank guarantees by Vedanta, directed it to quantify the recoverable amount.

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  Delhi High Court Restrains Vedanta From Invoking Halliburton’s Bank Guarantees

  Interests of justice would justify an ad interim injunction, restraining invocation of the bank guarantees, the court said.

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  Halliburton To Pay $275,000 Muslim Employees For Discrimination

  Leading American multinational corporation Halliburton will pay USD 275,000 to two of its Muslim employees of Indian and Syrian-origins who were subjected to religious discrimination and accused of having links with terrorists by the company's employees.

• Frackers Preach Patience on Payoff From $70 Oil, Growth in Shale

  The world’s biggest oilfield service companies have a message for investors: There’s a payoff for patience.

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  GE, Baker Hughes To Merge Oil And Gas Operations

  The new company will still be called Baker Hughes, but GE will own 62.5 per cent of it. Halliburton Co attempted a buyout of its rival earlier this year, but abandoned the $35 billion bid after US antitrust regulators stepped in.

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  Halliburton Cuts 6,000 Jobs Amid Slowdown In Drilling

  Halliburton Co has said it cut more than 6,000 jobs in the first quarter, continuing a purge at the oil field services company that has reduced its workforce by one-third since late 2014.

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  Consumers Prop Up US Economy, But Profits Under Pressure

  U.S. economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter, but not as sharply as previously estimated, with fairly strong consumer spending offsetting the drag from efforts by businesses to reduce an inventory overhang.

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  ONGC Eyes Tie-Up with Foreign Service Providers to Boost Output

  State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, India's biggest explorer, plans to enter into partnerships with overseas oilfield service providers to boost output from ageing oil and gas fields, its chairman said.

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  BP Reaches $18.7 Billion Settlement over Deadly 2010 Spill

  The agreement adds to the $43.8 billion that BP had previously set aside for criminal and civil penalties and cleanup costs.

• Wall Street gains on earnings, techs help Nasdaq

  Wall Street mostly rose on Monday, reversing earlier declines on strength in technology shares, while the energy and material sectors advanced on encouraging results.

• Wall Street drops on uncertainty about Cyprus

  Investors in U.S. equities took advantage of the anxiety in Europe to cash in some recent gains, which have put the S&P 500 on track to post its best quarter in a year. Tuesday's selloff, however, has set the S&P 500 for its biggest largest daily loss in three weeks.

• Oil prices rise in Asia after Wall Street rally

  Oil prices rose in Asian trade today with dealers encouraged by better-than-expected earnings data on Wall Street, analysts said.

• US stocks fall 1% as Europe worries grow

  US stocks fell 1 per cent on Wednesday as spiraling fears about the euro zone prompted investors to sell sectors tied to economic growth.

• BP reaches $7.8 billion deal over Gulf of Mexico spill

  BP Plc has reached an estimated $7.8 billion deal with businesses suing over the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.