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Tuesday December 23, 2008 — BeaconEquity.com
DALLAS, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- BeaconEquity.com announces the availability of Trade Alerts on stocks making news today.Investors can view all of the daily trading notes for free by visiting: http://www.beaconequity.com/mToday's Trade Alerts include: Jabil Circuit Inc. , Limited Brands Inc. , Bak...
Tuesday December 23, 2008 — BeaconEquity.com
DALLAS, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- BeaconEquity.com announces the availability of Trade Alerts on stocks making news today.Investors can view all of the daily trading notes for free by visiting: http://www.beaconequity.com/mToday's Trade Alerts include: Jabil Circuit Inc. , Limited Brands Inc. , Bak...
Monday December 8, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that it has scheduled a conference call on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. eastern, 7:30 a.m. central. During the conference call, the company intends to discuss results for the fourth quarter of 2008, ending Dec...
Friday December 5, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that the international rig count for November 2008 was 1,096, unchanged from the 1,096 counted in October 2008, and up 104 from the 992 counted in November 2007. The international offshore rig count for November...
Thursday November 27, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that Derek Mathieson, 38, has been appointed vice president and chief technology and marketing officer for Baker Hughes Incorporated and is expected to assume his duties on December 1, 2008.Chad C. Deaton, Baker Hughes' p...
Saturday November 22, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that Gary Rich, President, Hughes Christensen, will present at the 2008 Merrill Lynch Global Energy Large Cap Conference in New York, NY, on Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 2:55 p.m. eastern time.If you would like to listen ...
Saturday November 8, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that the international rig count for October 2008 was 1,096, down 12 from the 1,108 counted in September 2008, and up 72 from the 1,024 counted in October 2007. The international offshore rig count for October 2008 was 28...
Thursday November 6, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that Martin Craighead, Group President, Drilling Evaluation, will present at the Bank of America 2008 Energy Conference in Key Biscayne, Florida, on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. eastern time.If you would like...
Wednesday October 29, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI) reported in-line third quarter results with a 12% year-over-year increase in revenue despite disruptions from this year's Gulf Coast hurricanes.
While near-term commodity-price weakness may weigh on the stock price, the company's long-term prospects remai...
Friday October 24, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that it has sold $500 million of 6.50% Senior Notes that will mature November 15, 2013, and $750 million of 7.50% Senior Notes that will mature November 15, 2018. We expect to use a portion of the net proceeds to repay t...
Friday October 24, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated chairman, president and chief executive officer, Chad C. Deaton, announced today that the Baker Hughes Board declared the regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share of common stock payable November 14, 2008, to holders of record ...
Wednesday October 22, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated today announced that net income for the third quarter 2008 was $428.9 million or $1.39 per diluted share compared to $389.1 million or $1.22 per diluted share for the third quarter 2007 and $379.3 million or $1.23 per diluted s...
Tuesday October 7, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that the international rig count for September 2008 was 1,108, up 21 from the 1,087 counted in August 2008, and up 76 from the 1,032 counted in September 2007. The international offshore rig count for September 2008 was 2...
Tuesday October 7, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated today is providing revised information for regional revenue and operating profit before tax for its North America and Latin America regions for the fourteen quarters from the quarter ended March 31, 2005 through the quarter ended June 30,...
Friday September 26, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that Clifton (Clif) Triplett, 50, has been appointed Vice President and Chief Information Officer and is expected to assume his duties on September 29, 2008. In this position, he will report to Martin Craighead and Davi...
Monday September 8, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that the international rig count for August 2008 was 1,087, down 5 from the 1,092 counted in July 2008, and up 78 from the 1,009 counted in August 2007. The international offshore rig count for August 2008 was 292, down ...
Wednesday August 20, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that Chad Deaton, Baker Hughes' president, chairman, and chief executive officer, will present at the Lehman Brothers 2008 CEO Energy/Power Conference in New York, New York on Wednesday, September 3, 2008 at 11:05 a.m. ea...
Thursday August 7, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that the international rig count for July 2008 was 1,092, down 10 from the 1,102 counted in June 2008, and up 74 from the 1,018 counted in July 2007. The international offshore rig count for July 2008 was 312, down 9 from...
Wednesday August 6, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that it has scheduled a conference call on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. eastern, 7:30 a.m. central. During the conference call, the company intends to discuss results for the third quarter of 2008, ending Sept...
Friday July 25, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized a regular dividend of $0.15 per share, an increase of approximately 15% from the previous regular quarterly dividend of $0.13 per share.Chad C. Deaton, Baker Hughes' chairman, pr...
Friday July 25, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Weatherford International's (WFT)second-quarter earnings came on the weaker side due to a slowdown in its Canadian operations and cost overruns in Mexico. However, sales grew 23% year-over-year to $2.23 billion, boosted by strong international growth.
We believe that Weatherford will co...
Thursday July 24, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
Schlumberger Ltd. (SLB)posted a 13% jump in second-quarter earnings, driven by strong growth throughout the Eastern Hemisphere, which more than offset the seasonal slowdown in Canada. Revenue was up 20% year-over-year to $6.75 billion, powered by improved drilling in the North Sea, better...
Tuesday July 22, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, July 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated today announced that net income for the second quarter 2008 was $379.3 million or $1.23 per diluted share compared to $349.6 million or $1.09 per diluted share for the second quarter 2007 and $395.0 million or $1.27 per diluted...
Saturday July 19, 2008 — Baker Hughes Incorporated
HOUSTON, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated today is providing corrected information for regional operating profit before tax for its Middle East Asia Pacific (MEAP) and Europe, Africa, Russia, Caspian (EARC) regions for the thirteen quarters from the quarter ending March 31, 2005...
Wednesday July 9, 2008 — Zacks.com: Analyst Blog
We reiterate our Buy recommendation and EPS estimates for Baker Hughes, Inc. (BHI) shares ahead of the company's second-quarter results. Despite the company's relatively soft results in the last quarter, our long-term view of the business continues to remain favorable.
We expect strong ...