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July 31, 2015 ENERGY (MSM)

More belt-tightening ahead as Exxon, Chevron profits dive

US oil giants Chevron and ExxonMobil signaled Friday further belt-tightening ahead as the industry responds to lower oil prices that slammed earnings in the second quarter. Chevron said it was trimming 1,500 jobs as it cuts 2015 capital spending about $5 billion compared with last year. “We’re getting our cost structure down, through renegotiations across the supply chain and by sizing our contractor and employee workforce to reflect lower activity

July 31, 2015 ENERGY (MSM)

Wall Street mixed; weak results drag on energy stocks

Exxon Mobil shares fell 3.5 percent while Chevron was down 3.9 percent after reporting poor quarterly earnings due to weak oil prices. This definitely puts a lower probability on that,” said Stanley Sun, interest rate strategist at Nomura Securities International in New York. The S&P 500 was down a marginal 0.02 percent at 2,108.13 and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.18 percent to 5,138.08.

July 31, 2015 ENERGY (MSM)

Oil slump pounds ExxonMobil, Chevron earnings

Lower oil prices hammered earnings of US petroleum giants ExxonMobil and Chevron Friday, adding to the industry’s woes amid its worst downturn since the late 1990s. ExxonMobil, the biggest US oil company, said second-quarter profits fell by 52.3 percent year-over-year to $4.2 billion as it reported a loss in its US exploration and production division. The carnage was even worse at Chevron, which reported about a 90 percent drop in