APC Journal

Symbol: POT Listed:  TSX, NYSE Key Performance and Outlook Highlights: Fourth-quarter earnings of $0.78 per share; 39 percent higher than fourth-quarter 2010 Full-year earnings of $3.51 per share up 80 percent over 2010; second highest in company history Full-year cash provided by operating activities reaches record $3.5 billion 2012 earnings guidance of $0.55-$0.75 per share for first quarter; $3.40-$4.00 per share for full year SASKATOON, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (PotashCorp) today reported fourth-quarter earnings of $0.78 per share1 ($683 million), surpassing the $0.56 per share ($508 million) earned in the same quarter of 2010. Earnings for full-year 2011 reached $3.51 per share ($3.1 billion), representing the second-highest total in company history and an 80 percent increase over the $1.95 per share ($1.8 billion) earn... (more)

Disruptive Technologies, New Program Elements & Workshops Announced for Interop Las Vegas

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Interop Las Vegas, produced by UBM TechWeb, announced today new initiatives for this year's event including Big Data, OpenFlow, Cloud Carrier Forum, and more. In addition, Jennifer Jessup, will take the reigns as the new General Manager for the Interop brand. Interop, the industry's largest and most comprehensive business technology event, will take place at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, May 6-10, 2012. For more information, visit: http://www.interop.com/lasvegas/ "I'm thrilled to take the lead at the premier event... (more)

Anadarko Announces Successful Pre-Salt Appraisal Well Offshore Brazil

HOUSTON, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 11/09/11 -- Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) today announced the successful Itaipu-2 pre-salt appraisal well, located in block BM-C-32 in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil. The well was drilled to total depth of approximately 16,000 feet (4,877 meters) in 4,660 feet (1,420 meters) of water, and encountered a gross petroleum column of approximately 58 net feet (18 meters) in a pre-salt carbonate reservoir. "The pre-salt Itaipu-2 well is an aggressive step-out from the Itaipu discovery well, which is located 4 miles (7 kilometers) northwest," ... (more)

Kiss the IPU Good-Bye

Jon Peddie, the graphics guru, says the popular integrated graphics processor chipset known as the IGP and used in PCs for the last 11 years is only going to be around for a few more years. By 2012 it will have ceased to exist, replaced by graphics embedded in the processor. Peddie calculates that 67% of the graphics chips shipped last year were IGPs. In 2011 the number will drop to 20%, and by 2013 it will be less than 1%. The first embedded graphics processor will be Intel's Westmere due in Q4, followed by AMD's Fusion processor due in the second quarter of 2011, both on a 32n... (more)

Anadarko Announces Settlement With BP

HOUSTON, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 10/17/11 -- Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) today announced an agreement with BP to settle all of BP's current and future claims against Anadarko associated with the Deepwater Horizon event. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Anadarko agrees to pay $4.0 billion to BP, and both parties have agreed to mutually release claims against each other. As part of this agreement, BP will release its claims against Anadarko for approximately $6.1 billion of outstanding invoices received to date, as well as to forego reimbursement for any f... (more)