Dish states: "Nexstar Media Group forced the largest broadcast affiliate station blackout in TV history, rejecting DISH's calls for a contract extension and taking away local programming from nearly 5.4 million DISH subscribers. In recent years, Nexstar went on a $12B local broadcast station buying spree to become the largest and most powerful station owner in the country. Now that Nexstar is the biggest in the industry, it is strong-arming companies like DISH to pay outrageous rates and force unprecedented increases onto customers. In its latest move, the broadcaster has blacked out its stations from DISH customers to gain negotiation leverage in an effort to line its wallet with viewers' hard-earned money - a tactic it used last year against DirecTV and AT&T U-verse. "

In an interview on CNBC's Mad Money, Brad Jacobs said, "We realized we needed to simplify the company and get to be investment-grade." Spinning off its logistics segment as a separate publicly traded company accomplishes that goal, according to Jacobs. The logistics business is right in the middle of the e-commerce boom, he said. Jacobs noted that XPO trades at a discount to its peers, and if it was comparably valued, the stock price would be 50% higher.

Chevron named Al Williams vice president of corporate affairs, effective March 1, 2021. The company also appointed Paul Antebi vice president and general tax counsel, effective February 1, 2021. Williams succeeds Dale Walsh who is retiring after 38 years of distinguished service. Williams, currently managing director of Chevron Australia and head of the Australasia business unit, will oversee government affairs, public affairs, social investment and performance, and the company's worldwide efforts to protect and enhance its reputation. In a separate appointment, Paul Antebi has been named vice president and general tax counsel. He succeeds C.N. Macfarlane, who is retiring after 36 years of outstanding performance. Antebi, currently Chevron's Deputy General Tax Counsel, will be responsible for directing Chevron's worldwide tax activities.

Civeo Corporation announced that on December 2, 2020, Civeo was notified by the New York Stock Exchange that the company has regained compliance with the NYSE's continued listing standards. On March 27, 2020, Civeo received notification from the NYSE that the company had fallen below the continued listing standard to maintain a minimum average closing price of $1.00 per share over 30 consecutive trading days. Civeo regained compliance after its average closing price for the 30 trading days ended November 30, 2020 and its closing price on November 30, 2020 both exceeded $1.00 per share. The below compliance indicator has been removed from the company's common shares, and the company was removed from the NYSE list of non-compliant issuers.

Houston Wire & Cable Company announced that it has entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement for the sale of its Southern Wire business, a wholesale distributor of wire rope and rigging products, for a purchase price of $20M, subject to a working capital adjustment. HWCC expects to use the net sales proceeds to reduce debt. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close at year end.

In a regulatory filing, Halozyme Therapeutics director Kenneth J. Kelley disclosed the sale of 31,792 common shares of the company on December 2 at a price of $41 per share.