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Commodities Trading Needs to Shape Up

Posted: April 16, 2013 at 10:40 am

Over the past 10 years the world’s largest commodities trading houses have racked up nearly $250 billion in profit. That is more than the net profit of Goldman Sachs Group ...
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Gene Patent Showdown for Myriad Comes to a Head

Posted: April 15, 2013 at 1:21 pm

Should a company get to patent your genetic DNA? That is the question when it comes to Myriad Genetics Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN). This company and its stock are at the ...
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Another Delay for the Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Posted: April 12, 2013 at 6:50 am

Bloomberg points out that the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) Dreamliner 787 may not be back in service as fast as the press and many airlines expect. The sticking point is ...
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FOMC Minutes Released Early, Hints at End of Quantitative Easing Timeline

Posted: April 10, 2013 at 9:20 am

The Federal Reserve was set to release its minutes of the latest March 19 to 20 FOMC meeting at 2:00 p.m EST today but the report came out at 9:00 a.m. ...
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Foreclosed Borrowers to Begin Receiving Checks

Posted: April 9, 2013 at 11:50 am

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve said today that 4.2 million borrowers will begin receiving payments in the range of $300 to $125,000 beginning ...
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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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Bull and Bear

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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