May 10, 2012

Chesapeake's Deepest Well Is Wall Street

Editors, Reuters


Reuters

Far from the drilling rigs of Oklahoma, America's second-largest natural gas producer is having to dig ever deeper into the well that really fueled its growth: Wall Street.

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TAGGED: Chesapeake Energy, hedge fund, investment bank, natural gas, Wall Street, Aubrey McClendon

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