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News Breaks February 25, 2013 06:09 EDT MPEL, BP Stocks with implied volatility movement; MPEL BP Stocks with implied volatility movement; Melco Crown (MPEL), BP (BP) according to iVolatility. News For MPEL;BP From The Last 14 Days Check below for free stories on MPEL;BP the last two weeks. Sign up for a free trial to see the rest of the stories you've been missing. May 24, 2013 06:48 EDT MPEL Melco Crown downgraded to Neutral from Outperform at Macquarie Subscribe for More Information May 23, 2013 07:47 EDT BP Restrictions may force BP to surrender KG basin block, Economic Times reports Subscribe for More Information May 22, 2013 09:43 EDT BP BP plans to increase production, investment in Iraq, DJ reports Subscribe for More Information 07:49 EDT BP BP fights "unjustified" Gulf oil spill payments, FT reports Subscribe for More Information May 20, 2013 08:08 EDT BP EU to review fracking concerns, Reuters reports Environmental concerns over the practice of hydraulic fracturing to get at shale gas will be on the EU's agenda this year, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger told the German newspaper Die Welt, reports Reuters. Reference Link 05:40 EDT BP U.S. oil futures rally as many commodities decline, WSJ reports Subscribe for More Information May 17, 2013 16:21 EDT BP On The Fly: Closing Wrap Subscribe for More Information 13:09 EDT BP Tesoro receives FTC clearance for purchase of BP refining, marketing business Tesoro (TSO) announced that the Federal Trade Commission has cleared the company's planned acquisition of BP's (BP) fully integrated Southern California Refining and Marketing business and that Tesoro intends to close the acquisition during Q2. The clearance from the FTC came without any impacts to the assets or operations in the transaction as announced in August of last year. The purchase price of BP's assets is $1.075B, plus the market value of inventory, currently estimated at $1.3B. This amount includes a $100M purchase price reduction for the clearance with regulatory authorities. May 16, 2013 14:46 EDT BP Tesoro may take over BP California assets as soon as June 1, Reuters says Subscribe for More Information 14:32 EDT BP Tesoro may take ownership of BP Carson refinery, other assets as soon as June 1 Subscribe for More Information 07:11 EDT BP BP wants PM Cameron to discuss Gulf compensation with U.S., Reuters reports Subscribe for More Information 06:08 EDT BP On the Fly: Periodicals Wrap-Up Subscribe for More Information May 15, 2013 08:38 EDT BP WTI crude falls for a fith consecutive day, Bloomberg reports Subscribe for More Information 05:55 EDT BP EU inspects firms in oil investigation, WSJ reports EU antitrust authorities carried out unannounced inspections of energy giants BP (BP), Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.A) and Statoil (STO), escalating an investigation of alleged oil-price manipulation amid scrutiny of how prices are set in global financial markets, reports the Wall Street Journal. EU officials are investigating whether the three companies manipulated prices in the $2.5T physical-oil market by giving false data to an oil index publisher, the Platts unit of McGraw Hill Financial (MHFI). Platts's offices were also inspected.Reference Link May 14, 2013 11:08 EDT BP BP says involved in EC probe, cooperating with investigation, Bloomberg reports Subscribe for More Information 10:01 EDT MPEL On The Fly: Analyst Downgrade Summary Today's noteworthy downgrades include: AVG Technologies (AVG) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Goldman... Cigna (CI) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies... Cree (CREE) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Sterne Agee... Melco Crown (MPEL) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS... SolarCity (SCTY) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Roth Capital... KB Home (KBH) downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Raymond James... Ryland Group (RYL) downgraded to Underperform from Market Perform at Raymond James... Alere (ALR) downgraded to Hold from Buy at Craig-Hallum... Evolution Petroleum (EPM) downgraded to Hold from Buy at MLV Equity... Oil States (OIS) downgraded to Hold from Buy at BB&T... VIVUS (VVUS) downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Lazard Capital. 07:10 EDT BP IEA says North American oil will dominate world supply growth, WSJ reports Subscribe for More Information 06:15 EDT MPEL Melco Crown downgraded to Neutral from Buy at UBS Subscribe for More Information May 10, 2013 09:33 EDT MPEL Nevada reports March Las Vegas Strip gaming win up 13% to $507.6M Subscribe for More Information 09:32 EDT MPEL Nevada reports March statewide gaming win up 7% to $914.78M Subscribe for More Information Sign up for a free trial to see the rest of the stories you've been missing.