Chesapeake shareholders reject executive pay plan Chesapeake Energy Corp. shareholders on Friday rejected the company's executive compensation plan in a nonbinding, advisory vote. The proposal received 45 percent of the vote. Chairman Brad Martin defended the compensation plan at the company's annual shareholder meeting Friday, saying the firms recommending shareholders vote against the plan didn't understand the factors the plan considers...

SandRidge Energy Inc. shares surged more than 9 percent Thursday after activist investor Car Icahn said he plans to nominate a slate of directors to the company's board and is considering making an offer to buy the Oklahoma City-based oil and natural gas producer...

Tulsa-based Midstates Petroleum Co. said Tuesday it has proposed an all-stock merger with Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy Inc. Midstates executives sent a letter Tuesday to the SandRidge directors, detailing the merger proposal and a "strong desire to negotiate a friendly transaction," the company said in a statement...

SandRidge Energy Inc. directors on Tuesday rejected activist investor Carl Icahn's calls to shake up the board. In an open letter to SandRidge shareholders, the board's independent directors said they met last week with Icahn and other shareholders and said Icahn's proposals are not in the best interest of the majority of the company's stockholders...

OSU president Burns Hargis has been on the job since 2007. (Photo by Jim Beckel) We talk a lot about Big 12 expansion. We talk a lot about Big 12 ...

The chairman of the MAPS 3 Citizens Advisory Board is making a pitch for reinvigorating volunteers and encouraging attendance at MAPS 3 ...

Hedge fund Starboard Value LP says it seeks to improve Oklahoma City-based LSB Industries' performance. The New York-based activist investor has boosted its stake in the company to 7.2 percent. by Brianna Bailey Published: November 25, 2014. Activist ...