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HP is looking good.
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+13.10%
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We all know that we will need oil for many years to come, and HP is going to be drilling wells for a long time. They have a favorable balance sheet with very few liabilities compared to their assets. With the rising prices of gasoline brought on by the beginning of summer we can expect HP's stock to go up dramatically.
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Bullish on HP ...
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-2.07%
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(closed on 10/25/08)
New touch screen pc should make a big smash. They also have gold when it comes to the memristor they just developed.
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Helmerich & Payne Inc
HP
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-39.97%
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Helmerich & Payne, Inc. engages in the contract drilling of oil and gas wells in the United States and internationally. The company provides drilling rigs, equipment, personnel, and camps on a contract basis to explore for and develop oil and gas from onshore areas and from fixed platforms, tension-leg platforms, and spars in offshore areas. It conducts domestic land drilling primarily in Oklahoma, California, Texas, Wyoming, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, New Mexico, and North Dakota, and offshore drilling from platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, California, Trinidad, an...
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From the Blogosphere
Sun's mystery suitor (HP) and how it'll come back into play
Sun Microsystems on Tuesday detailed a mystery suitor, reportedly HP, that was in the running to acquire the company but got cold feet.
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Sun detailed the blow-by-blow account on how it wound up being acquired by Oracle. The history of Party A, also known as IBM, is [...]
 
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Meridian Biosciences: A Strong Long Term Investment
As I mentioned in my sell recommendation of Helmerich and Payne (HP), I have been anticipating the opportunity to buy Meridian Biosciences (VIVO) for over 3 years now. According to Morningstar.com, VIVO, "...manufactures disposable immunodiagnostic test kits used for the rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases. Its products aid in the diagnosis of gastrointestinal infections, mononucleosis, ulcers, urinary-tract infections, respiratory infections, and strep throat." <>As a Dividend Achiever, VIVO has increased its dividend every year for 16 years in a row according to MergentOnline. Wednesday ...
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Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: BBY, LYG, XOM, BIDU
Helmerich & Payne: Winning a 'Rigged' Game
Helmerich & Payne (HP) provides contract drilling services in the US, Argentina, Columbia, Ecuador and Venezuela. The company owns and operates 156 U.S. land rigs, 9 U.S. platform rigs, and 27 international rigs. This conservatively managed company has shown operating earnings through previous good and bad oil price cycles over the decades. It maintains a very solid balance sheet with ample cash and marketable securities. The well-covered dividend represents just a 4.2% payout ratio. Company executives draw very reasonable pay packages unlike many industry peers. <>Helmerich's earnin...
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Yahoo Now Looking At CEOs With No Internet Or Ad Experience
 Kara Swisher adds a few more names to the Yahoo-CEO candidate list. The new folks have a lot of management experience, but no Internet or media experience.
Yahoo definitely needs a good, objective operator, but selling media and ads is different than selling gadgets, and we're skeptical that these new folks have the right experience. Kara Swisher: [M]y guess is that the choice of a new CEO is likely to be sooner than later and much more Icahn-friendly. <>That could point more clearly to perhaps one of two execs whom Icahn brought with him to the Yahoo (YHOO) board-either former media exec <>Frank ...
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