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Chesapeake Plans to Shed More Assets

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 2:27 pm

Natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) has reportedly struck a deal to sell about 504,000 net acres of leasehold in the northern part of the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) basin, ...
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US Carbon Emissions Falling on Natural Gas Boom

Posted: May 24, 2012 at 7:35 am

The rise in US natural gas production from shale has cut the use of coal as a power generation fuel by about 20%. Natural gas, which emits about half the ...
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Solar Saga Continues Downward Spiral (STP, TSL, SOL, FSLR, SPWR, LDK, JASO, YGE)

Posted: May 23, 2012 at 12:52 pm

The string of losses in the solar PV industry is really not news any longer. Stock prices have been hit hard by collapsing panel prices and vanishing margins. Today is ...
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Manufacturers Return to the US (GE, CAT)

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 1:11 pm

Until now, the evidence that manufacturing is moving back to the US from offshore -- a process sometimes called ‘re-shoring’ -- has been largely anecdotal. Manufacturing jobs have been growing ...
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AMC Purchase By Wanda in China: Driving Up Value in Theater Values (CNK, RGC, CKEC)

Posted: May 21, 2012 at 11:56 am

There is one M&A transaction which is flying under the radar today and the reality is that shouldn't get lost in the shuffle.  Dalian Wanda Group out of China is ...
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Renren Shares Hit by Facebook IPO

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 1:15 pm

Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN), the Chinese company usually referred to as China’s Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), is down sharply this morning on very heavy volume. There’s no news, except the ...
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Solar Tariffs Bring Risks & Rewards (FSLR, SPWR, STP, TSL, LDK, GTAT, TAN)

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 7:01 am

Solar stocks are going to again be under a focus on Friday after the Commerce Department tariffs on Chinese solar products was far higher than originally projected.  Duties will be ...
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China Property Values Down, Again

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 6:13 am

China property prices fell again last month in most of the 70 cities the National Bureau of Statistics measures. Forty six cities had drops, a trend which has gone on ...
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Chinese Internet Stocks Fall on Dangdang Results

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 1:07 pm

China’s largest B2C e-commerce company, E-Commerce China Dangdang Inc. (NYSE: DANG) reported first quarter results last night that did not stir investors much until they got to the forecast. The ...
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China, ETFs, and Central Banks Supporting Gold Price and Demand

Posted: May 17, 2012 at 10:41 am

The World Gold Council has released its first quarter report on global gold demand.  Some of the report may be as most expected, but the report also contains some interesting ...
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CBOE Heads To China, Sort Of

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 10:31 am

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has announced that the Chicago Board Options Exchange has signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Financial Futures Exchange.  The MOU is meant to establish ...
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Farm, Construction Machinery Remains Solid

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 9:27 am

Deere & Co. (NYSE: DE) reported fiscal second-quarter results this morning that topped estimates by a solid margin. The farm and construction equipment maker posted EPS of $2.61 on revenue ...
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SINA Rides China Social Media & Microblogging Growth Bandwagon

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 8:55 am

SINA Corp. (NASDAQ: SINA) is surging this morning after the company's user base reached the 300 million registered user mark last quarter.  The company's Weibo microblogging site (A Chinese look-alike of Twitter) ...
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Renesola: Finally Some Good News in the Solar Sector (SOL, FSLR, SPWR, LDK, STP, YGE, JASO, JKS)

Posted: May 11, 2012 at 8:26 am

When the company reported fourth quarter earnings in March, it set expectations for the first quarter fairly low. Renesola posted an EPS loss of -$0.23, better than the expected loss of ...
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Iran Trades Oil for Yuan, Rupees, and Junk

Posted: May 8, 2012 at 7:44 am

One way that Iran has found to combat the tightening international sanctions on its crude oil sales is to accept payment in something other than US dollars. The Iranians have ...
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