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Occidental Gets a Break With Buffett Stake, Icahn Court Defeat

November 15, 2019 admin Comments Off on Occidental Gets a Break With Buffett Stake, Icahn Court Defeat

(Bloomberg) — Occidental Petroleum Corp. rose after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. bought an additional stake in the debt-laden oil producer and a Delaware judge ruled against activist investor Carl Icahn’s request for company files.Occidental gained as much as 4.2% Friday after Berkshire disclosed the purchase of $332 million of shares in the third quarter. That makes it the 17th-largest investor in Occidental, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.The stock is in addition to the $10 billion of preferred shares Buffett bought earlier in 2019 to help Occidental fund its takeover of Anadarko Petroleum Corp.The vote of confidence from Buffett …read more […]

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GrubHub Gains as Barclays Upgrades on Hopes for Board Action

November 15, 2019 admin Comments Off on GrubHub Gains as Barclays Upgrades on Hopes for Board Action

(Bloomberg) — GrubHub shares are trading higher Friday after Barclays raised its investment opinion two notches, to overweight from underweight.The “irrational competitive landscape” in online food delivery over the past 15 months, and GrubHub executives’ “ill-timed strategic investments, and poor execution” have resulted in the stock plunging 75% to two-year lows, analyst Deepak Mathivanan told clients. As such, Mathivanan has a few requests for the GrubHub board of directors, and upgraded “on the hope of swift execution.”One request to the board is to explore consolidation with another leading food delivery player, which should result in “meaningful synergies.” Mathivanan believes that …read more […]