Friday, January 14, 2011

BP Agrees to $8 Billion Stock Swap with Russian Company

BP has further strengthened its ties to Russia through an $8 billion stock swap with Rosneft. Russia already accounts for a quarter of BPs output, and the deal will allow the two firms to to drill together in the Artic Ocean.

As we've stated before, we're still neutral on BP stock. The stock is still down roughly 20% since the oil spill, and it's got decelerating earnings growth.

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