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EPA Settles Complaint Against Tyson Foods

Posted: April 5, 2013 at 1:15 pm

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a consent decree in a complaint against Tyson Foods Inc. (NYSE: TSN) related to multiple releases of anhydrous ammonia at 23 Tyson ...
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Nasdaq Wants to Add More ETF Market Makers, Offers Liquidity Rebating

Posted: April 3, 2013 at 1:31 pm

The NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) must be having some serious ETF Envy, or maybe the electronic financial exchange just wants to get whatever additional crumbs and pieces of the ...
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Which Social Media Are OK for Disclosure?

Posted: April 3, 2013 at 6:35 am

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a confusing set of guidelines that say companies may disclose important announcements over social media, including Twitter and Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). The ...
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Transporting Petroleum by Rail and Pipeline — Which Is Safer?

Posted: April 2, 2013 at 12:29 pm

One of the transportation methods commonly offered as an alternative to crude oil and refined product pipelines is rail transport. Last weekend’s 10,000 gallon rupture in an Exxon Mobil Corp. ...
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Ten Things That Could Wreck the Bull Market

Posted: March 30, 2013 at 8:00 am

The markets closed out the first quarter of 2013 with a big rally and the bulls seem to remain in charge. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is up more ...
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Why So Much Interest in Exxon’s $1.7 Million Fine?

Posted: March 26, 2013 at 6:26 am

Fines of energy companies continue to be the rage among the news media. Perhaps it is the hangover of the huge bonanza of press coverage following the BP PLC (NYSE: ...
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Nasdaq to Pay $62 Million for Facebook IPO Mess

Posted: March 25, 2013 at 9:05 am

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved a plan submitted by The Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) that provides up to $62 million in compensation for investors ...
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BP Skips Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale

Posted: March 20, 2013 at 1:00 pm

The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) received bids on 1.7 million acres in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico at today’s auction, but none of the bids came from ...
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J.P. Morgan Management Downgrade: What’s the Point?

Posted: March 20, 2013 at 6:55 am

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) suffered another blow to its reputation, as a government agency downgraded its rating of the financial firm's management. What that means for the ...
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Harvest Shares Collapse on Filing Delay, Likely “Going Concern” Opinion

Posted: March 19, 2013 at 2:48 pm

Energy producer Harvest Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: HNR) saw its share price cut nearly in half earlier today following a company filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ...
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SEC Levels Fraud Charges Related to Facebook IPO

Posted: March 19, 2013 at 1:53 pm

A 1994 Oregon Republican gubernatorial candidate, Craig Berkman, was charged with fraud today by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a “Ponzi-like scheme” around last year’s initial public ...
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Janney Outlines Possible Spillover from Cyprus

Posted: March 18, 2013 at 3:15 pm

This morning we went on record calling the European proposal to make depositors face a Cyprus bailout tax on their bank deposits as being nothing short of theft. A levy, ...
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Cyprus Deposit Seizure Hitting Euro and PIIGS Banks

Posted: March 18, 2013 at 9:30 am

I already have gone on the record that the taxation of deposits in Cyprus is nothing short of theft. Regardless of a bloated banking system that was in shambles, taking depositors' ...
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Cyprus Moves from Taxation to Theft

Posted: March 18, 2013 at 8:55 am

What we are seeing is in Cyprus an instance when taxation becomes theft. When depositors place money in banks, they assume that their deposits are safe as long as the ...
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U.S. Auto Fuel Economy at All-Time High

Posted: March 15, 2013 at 11:40 am

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual report on U.S. automobiles’ fuel economy today, and the preliminary projections for model year 2012 cars is the highest ever -- ...
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