Ian Pollard – #BP Firing Strongly On All Fronts

BP plc BP Delivered strong earnings and cash flow as well as a strong third quarter operating performance  Underlying replacement cost profit was $3.8 billion, more than double a year earlier and the highest quarterly result in more than five years. Reliability was very good , with the highest quarterly refining availability for 15 years. […]

Ian Pollard – SFO Having Another Bash At Barclays

Barclays BARC has now been charged by the Serious Fraud Office with an additional charge to that which was brought against it in June 2017 but this time relating to the loan itself rather than simply an allegation of providing unlawful financial assistance in 2008. It will be interesting to see who comes out of […]

BHP – 2017 Dividends Increased by 177%

BHP Billiton BHP benefited in 2017 from a substantial reduction in exceptional losses which fell from $6.4b in 2016  to $842m. as the Samarco dam failure in Brazil weighed less heavily on the company. The year to the 30th June turned out to be a very strong financial year with free cash flow at $12.b., […]