18:44 : Icahn Takes Chesapeake Energy Stake -
Activist investor Carl Icahn skewered Chesapeake Energy's board for corporate governance controversies and "irresponsible actions" while disclosing he acquired a sizeable new stake in the company.
16:10 : Icahn seeks shake-up at Chesapeake Energy -
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Activist investor Carl Icahn blasted Chesapeake Energy's board Friday after disclosing his investment fund has taken a 7.56% stake in the troubled oil and natural gas company. Icahn seeks ...
15:53 : Chesapeake Energy to cut pay of outside directors -
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Natural gas and oil producer Chesapeake Energy Corp. says it will cut the pay of outside directors on its board by 20 percent and eliminate their use of company aircraft....
09:45 : S&P cuts Chesapeake Energy debt rating -
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Standard & Poor's Rating Service on Tuesday lowered its debt outlook on Chesapeake Energy Corp. to BB-minus from BB. Analysts said the company has faced "mounting turmoil" over Chief Executive Aubrey McClendon's ...
16:42 : Chesapeake Energy Sales Could Breach Bank Debt Rules -
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The latest sign that Chesapeake Energy could be in a "death spiral" can be summed up this way: the company is damned if they do (sell the assets ) and damned if they don't. #xD; #xD; It's a Catch-22 involving ...
13:38 : SEC Launches Probe Of Chesapeake Energy-CEO Arrangement -
The Securities and Exchange Commission launched a probe Thursday of a program by Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) that let its founder and CEO get an ownership interest in any well drilled by the second-largest U.S. natural ...
12:34 : Chesapeake Energy Takes Its Head Out of the Sand -
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Chesapeake Energy's board of directors has finally taken its head out of the sand. #xD; #xD; The basis for the board's decision to terminate CEO Aubrey McClendon's controversial ownership interest in company wells ...