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Halliburton sees 8-10 ct EPS hit in 3rd qtr from Permian hitch

Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co expects moderating activity in the Permian Basin and a slower-than-expected ramp-up of new Middle East contracts to hurt third-quarter profit by 8 cents to 10 cents per share, its chief executive officer said on Wednesday. Pipeline bottlenecks, a tight labor market and inflation are slowing activity in the largest U.S. shale basin, CEO Jeff Miller said at a Barclays conference in New York. The slowdown threatens to undermine a recovery in the oilfield services sector, which was hit hard by the 2014 downturn in oil …read more […]

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Bayer cuts forecasts on Monsanto delay as lawsuits pile up

Bayer (BAYGn.DE) cut its earnings forecast on Wednesday due to delays to its $63 billion (49.2 billion pounds) takeover of Monsanto, and said sales of its consumer care products fell, hitting its shares, already reeling from a legal battle over the weed killer Roundup. The weaker earnings forecast adds to a number of challenges facing the German drugmaker as it braces for years of legal wrangling over the alleged cancer risks of glyphosate-based weedkillers. Bayer said the number of plaintiffs seeking damages over Monsanto’s Roundup and Ranger Pro herbicides had risen to 8,700 from 8,000 from last month, …read more […]