Tourmaline Oil reported second-quarter results after the market closed on Friday. Despite weatherrelated setbacks, the company still increased production, and has now set the stage to deliver phenomenal growth in the second half of the year. Results for the quarter lined up with expectations. Production averaged 70.1 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day versus…
Starting a new business is always a precarious time, leaving the security of paid employment and being solely responsible for generating an income for yourself. One thing a freelancer or contractor needs to become a success is a good client base that will offer regular and continuous work. Just how do you go about building…
Latin America is widely believed to one of the markets that could most benefit from digital currency, as the region’s consumers and businesses have been afflicted by volatile government-backed currencies, capital controls and high remittance costs. Given these challenges, a small but passionate local bitcoin industry has emerged in Latin America, with the aim of…
Second-quarter profits to common investors at SunTrust Banks rose 35% to $365 million, or $0.68 a diluted share, from $270 million, or $0.50 a diluted share, a year earlier. Net interest income fell 5% to about $1.2 billion, as reported net interest margin fell to 3.25% from 3.39% in 2012’s second quarter. However, SunTrust’s earnings…
Capital One Financial Corporation reported net income of $1.1 billion or $1.87 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2013, compared with $1.0 billion or $1.79 per diluted share last quarter, and $92 million in second-quarter 2012. Last year’s results reflected significant purchase accounting impacts as Capital One closed the acquisition of HSBC U.S….
The Bitcoin Foundation’s Financial Standards Working Group has shed new light on its priorities for the next six months, announcing it will attempt to standardise bitcoin’s code, currency symbol and subunits over that period. The group’s formal plan of action follows its first emergence as an unnamed standards committee this June, when a post on…
