Moran Exploration News

Plains Exploration & Production Co.'s board declared a special dividend of $3 a share, which is conditioned upon the oil company's completed merger with Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

The chief executive of Plains Exploration & Production Co urged shareholders on Monday to vote in favor of Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's proposed takeover of the energy company.

The Republican chairman of the House oversight panel is asking a veteran diplomat and a former chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff for sworn testimony about their investigation into the deaths of four Americans at... The Republican chairman of the House oversight panel is asking a veteran diplomat and a former chairman of the Joints Chief of ... (more)

The two brothers of the Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive for about a decade say they have no sympathy for him.

The two brothers of the Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive for about a decade say they have no sympathy for him.

A Delaware judge is refusing to block the merger of mining company Freeport-McMoRan with oil and gas producer Plains Exploration & Production Co.

We got an interesting update this week from McMoRan Exploration, America's ballsiest oil and gas explorer, on the status of the ultradeep wells it has drilled in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

The shareholder fight over the buyout price of Houston-based Plains Exploration & Production Co.

CR Intrinsic said on Monday it plans to vote against Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's acquisition of Plains Exploration & Production Company because it undervalues the oil and gas company.

PHOENIX, AZ, and NEW ORLEANS, LA, May 3, 2013 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

Shareholders have filed a lawsuit in Delaware asking for a preliminary injunction to stop the acquisition of Plains Exploration & Production Co.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the lineup for the 35th Annual Chicago Jazz Festival set to take place on August 29-September 1. Some notable performers include the Charles Lloyd Quartet with special guest Bill Frissel, NEA Jazz Master drummer Jack DeJohnnette, saxophonist Charles Lloyd, pianist and composer Jason Moran, Chicago-based ... (more)

Shannon McNally, who records Bobby Charles songs on her new 'Small Town Talk' CD, takes part in a tribute to the southwest Louisiana songwriter at Rock 'n' Bowl on Tuesday, April 30, 2013.

Shares of Freeport McMoRan have been hit hard, first by Wall Street's sour outlook on its proposed merger with Plains Exploration & Production and McMoRan Exploration , and then by the recent plunge in commodity prices.

The firm currently has a $17.80 price target on the stock. Separately, analysts at Guggenheim cut their price target on shares of McMoRan Expl from $20.00 to $19.00 in a research note to investors on Thursday, February 28th.