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  • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
    Oil & Gas industry
    Occidental loses bid to throw out green investor resolution

    SEC will force oil and gas producer group to hold vote on tighter emissions targets

  • Monday, 7 March, 2022
    Lex
    Occidental/Icahn/Buffett: oil rally helps titans close or extend wagers Premium content

    Berkshire Hathaway veteran sticks by the group while the activist investor sells his shares

  • Monday, 7 March, 2022
    Carl Icahn cashes out stake in Occidental 2 years after activist battle

    Oil company’s shares have rebounded since contentious Anadarko Petroleum deal

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Oil & Gas industry
    Occidental claims green push ‘does more than Tesla’

    CEO Vicki Hollub says oil group pumps more CO2 into ground than carmaker prevents being emitted on roads

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    Energy Source
    What to make of Big Oil’s emission pledges Premium content

    Is it a serious shift or greenwashing?

  • Friday, 25 September, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Buffett does a Buffett Premium content

    After being eerily quiet during the first few months of the pandemic, the Oracle is making some bets

  • Wednesday, 15 July, 2020
    Special ReportRethinking Energy
    Start-ups test ideas to suck CO2 from atmosphere

    Widespread targets to reduce emissions to net zero have boosted interest in ‘direct air capture’ technology

  • Thursday, 25 June, 2020
    Occidental to take writedown of up to $9bn as low oil prices bite

    Largest US onshore producer is latest to slash value of assets amid weak demand

  • Thursday, 23 April, 2020
    LexMergers & Acquisitions
    US M&A: pick your poison Premium content
  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2020
    Oil & Gas industry
    Occidental pays Buffett dividend in shares to save cash

    Indebted US oil driller has been trying to shore up its finances after crude price crash

  • Wednesday, 8 April, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Junk bonds: the rise of ‘fallen angels’ Premium content

    The bond market is being flooded with junk-rated companies and there’s probably more to come

  • Tuesday, 31 March, 2020
    Corporate bonds
    Bond manager seeks waiver to avoid fire sale of junk bonds

    Western Asset asks for more time to offload corporate debt as virus rating downgrades bite

  • Monday, 23 March, 2020
    FT News Briefing podcast8 min listen
    US stimulus setback, tracking Covid-19 indicators

    Negotiations over a $2tn US stimulus deal faltered on Sunday

  • Sunday, 22 March, 2020
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Occidental boss set to survive as group finalises deal with Icahn

    Activist investor had urged sacking of chief executive Vicki Hollub days earlier

  • Friday, 20 March, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Restructuring specialists get their day in the sun Premium content

    Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

  • Thursday, 19 March, 2020
    Tail RiskJoe Rennison
    Downgrades to junk are just one sign of an ‘ugly’ credit market

    Occidental’s fall from triple B to double B is likely to be one of many

  • Monday, 16 March, 2020
    ExplainerCharts that Matter
    US investors brace for ratings downgrades as turmoil deepens

    About $300bn of bonds rated triple B trade with junk-like yields above 6 per cent

  • Friday, 13 March, 2020
    Occidental moves to thwart activist Carl Icahn

    US oil group deploys poison pill as veteran investor agitates for a takeover

  • Thursday, 12 March, 2020
    Icahn urges ousting of Occidental chief

    Activist investor has almost quadrupled his stake in battered US oil producer

  • Wednesday, 11 March, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Occidental’s $55bn Anadarko deal turns into a nightmare Premium content

    Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing

  • Wednesday, 11 March, 2020
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    Airlines in crisis, Biden builds lead, UK budget

    Joe Biden cemented his lead in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race on Tuesday

  • Tuesday, 10 March, 2020
    Occidental Petroleum slashes dividend as oil price rout bites

    US oil group takes axe to capital spending plans and aims to cut corporate costs

  • Tuesday, 10 March, 2020
    Occidental Petroleum: dash for cash Premium content

    Group slashes dividend in desperate attempt to preserve liquidity

  • Monday, 9 March, 2020
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Is this the worst M&A deal of the 2010s?

    Value destruction, energy style.

  • Sunday, 1 March, 2020
    Energy sector
    Wyoming in talks to buy millions of acres of land from Occidental

    State governor says purchase of private land would be biggest since the US bought Alaska

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