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Pain and consolidation in the oil patch

Stocks are sharply higher on Wall Street, but as yesterday showed, that may not mean much by the end of the day. At this point the S&P 500 and Nasdaq could post their largest monthly fall since October 2008. A decline by the S&P 500 today would mark its first seven-day losing streak since November 2011. (CNBC)

Consolidation continues in the oil patch. Oilfield services company Schlumberger is buying Cameron International for $14.8 billion. Shares of Cameron, a provider of flow equipment products, is surging more than 40%. (Dow Jones)

The pain in oil is being seen ever more clearly. Transocean, an off shore drilling company, will cancel two quarterly dividend payments and take $2 billion in impairment charges in the face of falling crude oil prices. (AP)

Specialty truck maker Oshkosh has secured a $6.75 billion contract to replace the U.S. Army and Marine Corps' fleet of aging Humvees with 17,000 tactical vehicles. The value of the contract could grow to $30 billion as the two military branches seek to replace 55,000 vehicles in the future. (Reuters)

Now this is e-commerce. Amazon has launched one- and two-hour delivery of beer, wine and liquor in Seattle through its Prime Now service. Seattle is the first U.S. city to test out the booze-on-demand service following its June rollout in London. (Re/Code)

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