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I am writing this from South Carolina where, in three days, on 20 February, Republicans will vote in their presidential primary. According to the latest polls, Donald Trump is leader his closest rivals by 12 points. The problem is that polls are not votes so, in a few days, we shall see what the actual […]

Microsoft stock (NASDAQ:MSFT) managed to go upwards from September 2015 to January 2016. From February 2016, the price has been corrected lower, which was contained at the lower Trendline in the chart. Right now, there is no “buy” signal in the market, but it is much more likely that a “buy” signal would soon form: […]

In Salah Gas, a joint venture between Sonatrach, BP and Statoil today announced the start-up of its Southern Fields project. The project is the latest stage in the development of seven gas fields in central Algeria. The In Salah Gas joint venture commenced production in 2004 from three fields in the north of the area: […]

To extend licence and develop second phase of major Khazzan gas field BP and Oman Oil have signed a heads of agreement with the Government of the Sultanate of Oman committing to amend the Oman Block 61 exploration and production sharing agreement (EPSA), extending the licence area of the block and enabling a further development […]

Apple stock (NASDAQ:AAPL) is in a major downtrend and this is a bias that is expected to continue, based on what is happening in the chart. The major downtrend started in December 2015, and it has held out till now. Although the market has consolidated so far this week, it is below the EMA 21 […]

BP has reported its results for the full year and fourth quarter of 2015. Underlying replacement cost profit for BP’s full year was $5.9 billion, compared with $12.1 billion reported for 2014, down 51%. The underlying result for the fourth quarter was $196 million compared with $2.2 billion for the fourth quarter of 2014. Underlying […]

What has changed? BP today announced the appointment of Lamar McKay to the new position of Deputy Group Chief Executive. McKay, currently chief executive of BP’s Upstream segment and a 35-year veteran of BP, will be based in London and take up the role following a suitable handover period. McKay will be succeeded as Upstream […]

Consumer Portfolio Services (Nasdaq:CPSS) today announced the closing of its first term securitization in 2016. The transaction is CPS’s 19th senior subordinate securitization since the beginning of 2011 and the second consecutive securitization to receive a triple “A” rating on the senior class of notes from two rating agencies. In the transaction, qualified institutional buyers […]

For Nasdaq Stocks as of Settlement Date January 15, 2016 At the end of the settlement date of January 15, 2016, short interest in 2,308 Nasdaq Global Market securities totaled 8,194,947,190 shares compared with 7,935,162,458 shares in 2,304 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of December 31, 2015. The Mid-January short interest […]

How did they do? Datawatch Corporation (NASDAQ-CM:DWCH), a leading global provider of self-service data preparation and visual analytics solutions, today announced that total revenue for its first quarter of fiscal 2016 ended December 31, 2015 was $7.06 million, an increase of 1% from revenue of $6.96 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2015. License […]