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Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s proposal to split its U.S. and foreign businesses is pressuring more oil companies to follow suit, as the allure of breakups to create more than $100 billion of market value entices investors.
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Occidental Petroleum Corp., transformed by longtime leader Ray Irani into a global oil powerhouse from a hodgepodge of businesses that included movies and meatpacking, is set to undergo another makeover after the chairman’s ouster by shareholders.
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Ray Irani inherited an unwieldy conglomerate including oil, movies and meatpacking when he took over as Occidental Petroleum Corp.’s chief executive in 1990.
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The largest U.S. and European oil companies are pursuing a strategy that no longer appeals to shareholders, according to Paul Sankey , an analyst at Deutsche Bank AG.
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U.S. oil refiners may be able to profit from relatively cheap crude for much longer than many investors anticipate, according to Paul Sankey, an analyst at Deutsche Bank AG.
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Hess Corp.’s shareholder revolt is taking aim at long-time directors with close ties to the company’s founding family, including two executors of the estate of Leon Hess, who led the oil producer for six decades.
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Activist investors from Carl Icahn to Daniel Loeb are amassing stakes in energy companies to replace directors and spin off assets dragging down valuations amid record oil prices.
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Refiners including Tesoro Corp. and Valero Energy Corp. fell on speculation by Deutsche Bank that a win by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney may threaten restrictions on U.S. crude exports.
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U.S. stocks retreated, giving the Dow Jones Industrial Average its biggest decline since June, amid disappointing results at companies from 3M Co. to DuPont Co. and as commodities erased their gain for the year.
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U.S. drivers may face a $13 billion increase in the cost of gasoline this year as the price of federally mandated ethanol credits has risen 10-fold for oil refiners including Valero Energy Corp. and CVR Energy Inc.
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