STO Second Quarter Production Has Modest Rise

Santos’s second-quarter production rose 2% to 12.4 million barrels of oil equivalent (mmboe), marginally below expectations, and full-year 2013 production guidance has been reduced by 3% to between 52 and 55 mmboe. The decline reflects deferred oil and gas production from Chim Sao in Vietnam due to power system constraints, steeper than- expected natural field…

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Covidien plc (NYSE:COV) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the nineteen ratings firms that are presently covering the company, Analyst Ratings.Net reports. Eleven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. Covidien plc (NYSE:COV) belongs to Healthcare sector. Its net profit…

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Alibaba Group (NYSE:BABA) announced that Taobao (China) Software Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Alibaba Group, has agreed to invest RMB2.81 billion in Beijing Shiji Information Technology Co. Ltd (Shiji Information) (Shenzhen Stock Exchange stock code: 002153), a China-based hotel information technology provider, in return for a 15% stake. After completion of the transaction, Alibaba Group…

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Shares of IAMGOLD Corp (NYSE:IAG) have received a consensus rating of “Hold” from the fourteen ratings firms that are presently covering the stock, StockRatingsNetwork.com reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation and seven have assigned a hold recommendation to the company. IAMGOLD Corp. (NYSE:IAG) belongs to Basic Materials sector. Its…

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On Sept. 19The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) has eliminated the malware infection that compromised some 56 million payment cards and has completed new point-of-sale encryption installation at all of its stores in the U.S. and Canada, the world’s largest home improvement retailer said in a Sept. 18 statement. The Home Depot, Inc. (NYSE:HD) belongs to…

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