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CMCSA

Link here. Profit rises; more cut television cord, but internet subscribers jumped 70%, y-o-y. Net profit rose over 9%. Secured control of European pay-TV giant Sky last month. 

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CMCSA - NBCUniversal News

Megyn Kelly expected to lose show soon over "blackface" remark. Link here. Why do people who should know better even us the word "black" on the air? I'm even hesitant to use that word in public. I think most folks know the real story here.

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COP

COP 3Q18 SEC filing:

Third-Quarter Highlights and Recent Announcements

• Cash provided by operating activities was $3.4 billion. Excluding working capital, cash from operations of $3.5 billion exceeded capital expenditures, dividends and share repurchases by $0.6 billion.
• Third-quarter production excluding Libya of 1,224 MBOED; year-over-year underlying production excluding the impact of closed dispositions grew 6 percent overall and 28 percent on a production per debt-adjusted share basis.
• Year-over-year production from the Lower 48 Big 3 unconventionals grew by 48 percent.
• During the quarter, achieved first production from Bohai Phase 3 and from the final phase of drilling at Bayu-Undan. GMT-1 achieved first production in October.
• Ended the quarter with cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash totaling $3.9 billion and short-term investments of $0.9 billion, equating to $4.8 billion of ending cash and short-term investments.
• Repurchased $0.9 billion of common shares outstanding, bringing year-to-date repurchases to $2.1 billion.
• Reached a settlement agreement with PDVSA to fully recover an arbitration award of approximately $2 billion; recognized cash and commodities totaling $345 million in the quarter, with the remainder of the approximately $500 million in initial payments due in the fourth quarter.
• Announced Barnett and Greater Sunrise dispositions for $580 million before customary adjustments.
• Received credit rating upgrades from Fitch and Moody’s.
• Announced quarterly dividend increase of 7 percent to 30.5 cents per share. 

The dividend increase was previously reported.

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Tesla Reports A Quarterly Profit

If sustained for two quarters in a row, we have a winner. Wow.

TSLA was up "huge" before earnings were announced yesterday after the market closed. Let's see what TSLA is doing pre-market: up over 10%. Up over $30.