BHP prefers doing a spinoff soon By: Houston Business Journal via Business Journals August 15, 2014 at 11:05 AM EDT Energy and mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd. (NYSE: BHP) announced Aug. 15 that its "preferred option" is to spin off some of its non-core assets into a new company... Read More >> Related Stocks: 51Job Inc ADR Bhp Billiton Plc ADR iPath Dow Jones-Goldman Sachs Crude Oil Fund