BP and Royal Dutch Shell produced mixed results last week, but top managers are returning to the beaten-up oil majors, predicting a focus on shareholder returns instead of "growth at any cost".
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Royal Dutch Shell has seen a $2bn (£1.25bn) drop in third-quarter profits as costs across the business have soared.
UK equity income funds are nearing single stock limits on key holdings, causing concentration risk fears to mount, but which funds are taking the biggest bets?
BP has become the victim of a "shakedown" by US regulators and media as it attempts to resolve claims arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to M&G's Tom Dobell.
Former BP chief executive Tony Hayward will become interim chairman of merged commodities giant Glencore Xstrata, after shareholders ousted Xstrata incumbent Sir John Bond.
Oil majors BP and Shell could face hefty fines if they are found to have manipulated the oil price, the UK's energy secretary has warned.