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Coal Stocks Rise on Peabody’s Warning

Posted: December 14, 2012 at 2:46 pm

With about an hour and half to go before the markets close today, coals stocks are getting a boost from this morning’s announcement by Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) that ...
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Coal Stocks Getting a Boost Today

Posted: November 30, 2012 at 11:55 am

There’s nothing like an acquisition rumor to pump some life into an otherwise moribund stock. And when the company that’s the subject of the rumor is a coal miner, the ...
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Energy Stocks Mixed Up on Transactions, China (PXP, BP, RDS-A, RDS-B, RIG, ANR, BTU, KOL)

Posted: September 10, 2012 at 11:22 am

Energy stocks today exhibit all the signs of a market reacting to news that is difficult to categorize easily. First there is the $6 billion in acquisitions announced this morning ...
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S&P Cuts Outlook on Coal Miner (CNX, ACI, ANR, WLT)

Posted: May 4, 2012 at 1:14 pm

Ratings agency S&P has lowered its outlook on coal miner Consol Energy Corp. (NYSE: CNX) from ‘positive’ to ‘stable’, while maintaining a ‘BB’ junk rating on the company’s debt. Earlier ...
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S&P Puts Arch Coal on Negative Watch (ACI, PCX, JRCC, ANR, BTU)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 11:52 am

Credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s has put coal miner Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) on CreditWatch with negative implications, threatening a one-notch downgrade to the company’s current ‘junk’ rating ...
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Coal Stocks Jumping Today (BTU, ACI, ANR, PCX, JRCC, CLD)

Posted: April 12, 2012 at 1:51 pm

Coal prices are getting a nice bump today after a long slide. Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU), Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI), Alpha Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: ANR), Patriot Coal ...
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How Bad are Coal Stocks? (JRCC, ACI, ANR, BTU, PCX, CNX)

Posted: April 9, 2012 at 11:24 am

Concerns about the global economic recovery and the ability of emerging markets, especially China, to keep growing are affecting prices for many commodities, including coal. Adding to coal’s problem is ...
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Coal Stocks Beaten Up on New EPA Emissions Rules (BTU, ANR, PCX, ACI, JRCC, KOL)

Posted: March 28, 2012 at 12:21 pm

Yesterday’s publication of proposed new carbon emissions rules related to electricity power generating plants have taken even more steam out of US coal company stocks. The new rules are generally ...
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Seven Jobs That Will Make You Sick

Posted: September 1, 2011 at 4:40 am

Every year, people in the United States become ill as a result of occupational hazards. Workers exposed to asbestos can develop cancer. Coal miners can get black lung disease. ...
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