http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/09/15/hewlett-packard-cut-up-30000-jobs-enterprise-unit/72331176/

The party is over for tight oil. Despite brash statements by U.S. producers and misleading analysis by Raymond James, low oil prices are killing tight oil companies. Reports this week from IEA and EIA paint a bleak picture for oil prices as the world... — read more 

Oil futures settled at their lowest level in more than two weeks on Monday as data showing weaker-than-expected industrial production in China and a decline for Shanghai’s stock market raised concerns that demand for crude from the world’s... — read more 

Is it me or does it appear that all of the big boys seem to be leaving !!

http://www.doleta.gov/layoff/pdf/WorkerWARN2003.pdf

Prepare Well So You Can Be Re-employed Quickly If you've done a little ground work and some planning, you'll feel more in control when the proverbial ax falls. Here are some things you can do in advance of being laid off, both at work (below) and at... — read more 

These days, if you find yourself being shepherded into a conference room with your coworkers, you might expect a pink slip -- not an impromptu pizza party. You may feel blindsided (not to mention angry, a little sick and panicked), but you must fight... — read more 

Layoffs are a fact of life in our profession. One facet of serving on the board of a local AIGA chapter is that I come across a lot of people at various transition points in their careers. And one of the more acute situations in which some of our... — read more 

The energy markets have big problems; they are controlled by big secret forces: OPEC, Iran, Russia, the EPA, oligopolies and a host of robotic extraction processes, normally termed fracking. Minnows are advised to stay out of this tank of sharks. But... — read more 

http://fuelfix.com/blog/2015/09/02/military-business-and-political-voices-all-clamoring-over-oil-exports/#35264101=0

Oil supply from countries outside the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is likely to see its biggest drop in more than two decades next year following a recent fall in crude prices, the International Energy Agency said on Friday... — read more 

An unprecedented study of the hazards rooted in America's largest oil patches will be launched next year by federal health officials in Colorado who hope to cut the dangers faced by oil and gas workers. Scientists from the Denver office of the... — read more 

Several noted economists and distinguished investors are warning of a 50% stock market crash. Billionaire Carl Icahn, for example, recently threw up a red flag on national broadcast when he declared, “The public is walking into a trap again as they... — read more 

VIENNA, Austria (Bloomberg) -- OPEC trimmed estimates for supplies from outside the group in 2016 as the slump in prices takes its toll on the U.S. shale-oil industry. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries cut 2016 estimates for non-OPEC... — read more 

Investing.com -- Crude futures fell sharply on Monday extending their severe downturn in recent months, as investors continued to digest market-moving comments from the International Energy Agency late last week on dwindling U.S. production. On the... — read more 

LONDON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - OPEC on Monday predicted higher demand for its crude oil next year, sticking to its view that a strategy of letting prices fall will tame the U.S. shale boom and cut a global surplus. The monthly report from the... — read more 

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. >> Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. >>. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. >>. Both were shot in the back of the head in the... — read more 

GE preparing NOV buyout

SCHLUMBERGE stock 73.69Price Sep 11 7:17 PM ---- CAMERON INT.'L stock 64.47Price Sep 11 4:02 PM ---- BAKER HUGHES stock 53.08Price Sep 11 4:02 PM ---- TECHNIP stock 43.12Price Sep 11 5:35 PM ---- FMC CORP stock 41.60Price Sep 11 4:00 PM ---- NOV... — read more 

http://www.macrotrends.net/1369/crude-oil-price-history-chart

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/naturalresources/article4554775.ece ....Bank says prices could go to $20 a barrel Saudi Arabia gained the whip hand yesterday in its battle against America’s shale industry as new figures showed oil... — read more 

What's your zodiac sign??

Oil could plunge as low as $20 a barrel amid a glut of production around the world, Goldman Sachs analysts said Friday in a new report. That's a level not seen in more than a decade. "Although oil prices have revisited the lows of last winter, this... — read more 

Anyone?

CONTROLLING - Both Overt and Covert Narcissists attempt to control the realities of those above them, their peers, and their followers or those below them by acting as gate keepers of all communication and information. Narcissists know that... — read more 

whats going on in DFWT?

You guys shouldn't read this blog. It's so negative and bad for your health (mental). You gotta look out for you. Do what you gotta do. Nobody is forcing you to be stuck at NOV if you hate it so much and if I was the CEO, I wouldn't want such... — read more 

http://www.law360.com/articles/623276/nat-l-oilwell-varco-patent-suit-axed-for-ownership-mess xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Feb 19, 2015 - A Texas federal judge on Tuesday tossed National Oilwell Varco LP's infringement suit ... NOV's in-house lawyers... — read more 

Buffett appears to be over National Oilwell Varco (NOV) . He sold off all of his shares of the Houston-based company in the second quarter of the year. The stock has been weighing on Buffett's portfolio for a while, though he had also been reducing... — read more 

Price of oil per barrel going back down again! Went from $47 last week to now $43. End of Qtr is coming up. Get ready folks! It's looking pretty dim fer NOV.

Before you slip into unconsciousness I'd like to have another kiss Another flashing chance at bliss Another kiss, another kiss

Unlucky in love ... Have you heard about the lonesome loser...he's a loser but he still keeps on trying...someday someone is gona see inside and you cannot run and hide.

It seems to me that NOV is full of incompetent people and that most of those with true brain power have been either let go or have left of their own accord. Just think..... Bosses want those who they can manipulate, mold and get to do their dirty... — read more