Shares halted

Occidental Petroleum announced that it's cutting its dividend to 11-cents from 79-cents. They also cut capital spending by nearly $2 billion.

The takeover of Apache by Occidental was one of the worst corporate moves in history and Warren Buffett got sucked into it. They paid a 55% premium seven months ago.

Carl Ichan has been raging about that merger since it happened.

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